The Equestrian Prime

The Equestrian Prime

Chapter 10: Meeting Lex Justine Part 1

Cianán exhaled as Shūkaku glared at him.

"Why should I care about you humans?" Shūkaku growled.

"Ugh… are you fucking blind? Anata wa tashika ni muchina araiguma no nezumi no yōdesu yo ne?" Cianán grumbled. You certainly seem to be an ignorant raccoon rat, aren't you?

Shūkaku's eyes narrowed as he inhaled slowly, swelling half again his size before a fist rammed into his belly as Cianán's fist forced the air out of his projected form's 'body'.

"Do I look like I'm in the mood for your shit, 'sand rat'? I may not be Gaara nor the Akatsuki being around but.." Cianán barked before Shūkaku interrupted.

"You are an Uzumaki, you little shit stain," Shūkaku growled. "I remember that gaki's chakra, even after all these years," he grumbled.

"Hold up, Shūkaku, there's no need to get violent." Came Artemis' voice as he came through a Ground Bridge, with Weiss next to him, holding his hand. "We just wanna talk. Besides, that's no way to talk to my friend who is just trying to talk to you in a civil manner."

Cianán's eyes narrowed at Shūkaku's words, thinking. "Wait… Shūkaku. You said specifically 'his chakra' yet how can that be possible? I'm not related to him nor could that be possible… unless… fuck… the Exobytes. One of them had what even Brainac had classified as 'unknown for its power'... what if… that was Namikaze Naruto's DNA? That would explain how I would have 'his chakra'... yet never been related to him. It would also explain… them," he said, muttering the last part. As he spoke, he clenched his fist, which immediately ignited in deep blue and ebony flames.

Shūkaku's eyes widened, recognizing his elder sister's flames. "How do you have her flames?" he said in surprise.

"Because she's within my friend like she was once within Naruto years ago, Shūkaku." Artemis said. "I heard her voice as well when she called me a brat because I apparently woke her up."

"Actually, two of your elder sisters are with me, Shūkaku… Kurama… and Matatabi… or as the 'Naruto' series knew them, 'Kyūbi no Yoko' and 'Nibi no Nekomata'. Though Kurama did find it highly insulting to be constantly mistaken for a guy," Cianán deadpanned dryly.

"I've seen a fanart of Kurama as a human but with fox ears and tail." Artemis said, blushing a bit redder than his coat. "And I swear she was pretty hot with that kimono in the picture I found."

"Don't make me come out and kick your ass around this entire fucking desert, little brother," a decidedly female voice snarled out of Cianán's mouth. "And I'm sure you know one of my handmaidens, you horndog. She was the one that chose that outfit," she drawled.

Cianán blinked before he cocked his head. "How many Kitsune have we met, brother?" he commented. He only recalled one in particular… who happened to be friends with a sadomasochistic succubus.

"Son of a sandworm… I forgot about Ahri. For that matter, that means I forgot about Evelynn." Artemis then turned to Weiss. "Think you can behave for a few hours while I go pick someone up, babe?"

A sultry whistle sounded on a stairway behind and above their group. The whistle came from a cream skinned, pale blonde haired woman who was smirking in a red and black qipao dress that barely hid her hips. It was Evelynn in what any fan of League of Legends would recognize as her 'Coven' skin.

The one beside her was a dark haired, dark furred Kitsune though her hair faded to a pale blonde as it fell down her back to her child bearing hips and bubble ass.

"Well I'll be Primus damned." Artemis said with a smile from ear to ear. "Ahri! Evelynn! Good to finally see you two for real this time. It's been a long time." Artemis then saw the worried look on Evelynn's face as she looked at him. "So you knew as well when I disappeared from Earth, didn't you?"

"Kinda hard to miss that sort of surge. Not to mention when Kitsune Boy there managed to strip a big chunk of power from a higher dimensional being on par with a Demon Lord like Mephisto. That didn't go unnoticed by a few beings out there, like a certain Dark Dimension 'lord' or a rather tolerable Sorcerer Supreme," Evelynn commented wryly with a smirk.

"Well, I think it's about high time I kept my promise to you, my dear." Artemis said, using Instant Transmission to teleport to Evelynn and wrapping an arm around her waist while kissing her passionately. "What do you say we take this to my room back in the town where I live?"

Evelynn snorted a laugh before she rolled her eyes. "Perhaps after you deal with the Tanuki Bijū. Been a very long time since their kin were awake. Even if this particular one is a blowhard," she quipped.

"Damn, Ahri. You look fucking hot, almost as hot as a certain trio," Cianán quipped, teasingly flicking a thumb over his shoulder. He ducked two black gloved hands as well as a third turquoise-gloved hand aimed at his rear which shot beneath him as he twisted in a very feline way before he tightened his abdominal muscles, lightly pushing off before two sharp slaps sounded as both Rarity and Rainbow yelped at having their asses swatted hard.

He smirked before he turned to the Ichibi. "So what do you say, Shūkaku? Snore your fat ass away for eons, or wake the fuck up and see how the world has changed and live life?! Gaara wouldn't want you sleeping for millennia, you dreaming of him when he's likely in the Pure Lands with everyone else," he drawled, unaware the White Ring was pulsing with a mingled soft emerald green and deep indigo glow from his Willpower and Compassion.

Ahri shivered slightly at the comment before an abrupt explosion of sand surged over the walls on a powerful gust of wind. She darted forward, catching Cianán in her arms before vaulting with inhuman speed and strength, landing out of range of the impromptu sandblasting as she shielded them both.

Cianán was thinking furiously at Evelynn's words. Not only Mephisto, but Dormammu and Stephen Strange are aware of what happened between Darkseid and I? Probably wondering how I did it… when I don't even know that answer! Would probably have Cyttorak and his ilk wary at best, as becoming an Exemplar of one of them essentially means becoming a mortal channel for their power… and I could see why it would scare them… I mean, the Omega Sanction is a pretty big chunk of Darkseid's power. No doubt he'll regenerate it… but his ego will demand he comes for me. He considered all this in the space of a single heartbeat before he realized his thoughts were much faster before he noticed the sand was a minor itch despite his exposed body.

"Cianán's right though, Shūkaku." Artemis said with a saddened smile. "Gaara wouldn't want you to waste your life sleeping knowing you could keep living on for him. Because doing this to yourself would be doing his memories and legacy a great disservice. So for Gaara's sake, wake the hell up, get off your lazy behind, and live your life like you know he would want you to do."

Cianán stepped out as the winds and sand died down. "I do have one small question, Shūkaku… is that wind and by extension these sandstorms coming from your true body snoring… or you ripping ass?" he commented innocently.

"This creature can harness great fear. He will become a powerful Yellow…" a growling snarl sounded before he was cut off by a distinct crack.

"Arkillo of the Yellow Lantern Corps…" Cianán's eyes were narrowed as his fist was buried square between the larger alien's legs before he drew his fist back and executed a one-inch punch that produced a far louder crunch.

Arkillo was launched not only across the courtyard, but through the top of the wall into the desert outside the city before Cianán spoke softly as he snapped the thong around his neck, slipping the White Ring on.

His eyes drifted half-lidded as the words escaped. "In fearful day, in raging night, with strong hearts full, our souls ignite. When all seems lost in the War of Light, look to the stars -- for hope burns bright!" Almost immediately, an eruption of brilliant sapphire light flared as the White Ring shifted ever so slightly in appearance.

Cianán exhaled softly before he he shifted, taking to the air before a surge of golden energy formed a tube for a few moments before it winked out, revealing an unexpected visage.

"Hello, John. I'm guessing you were getting antsy without much work to do after Darkseid bitch-slapped you halfway through the Daily Planet, eh?" Cianán quipped jokingly.

Artemis also was in his Battle Form Armor with his battle mask down and his Ion Blaster out at the ready. He took a couple of pot shots at Arkillo before John Stewart flew up to Arkillo and started duking it out.

"Shūkaku, this is your chance to do things right by Gaara." Artemis said, looking at Shūkaku, who looked unsure at the situation. "He would want you to help the innocent people of this world like he did in the Shinobi War against the Akatsuki. It's your choice. Only you alone can make it." Artemis activated his jetpack in his Battle Form Armor and flew up to join the fray of the battle.

Cianán exhaled softly. "It's your choice. Inspire fear as you once did through Gaara before Naruto humbled your ass… or use your power and strength to inspire hope," he said before he shot skyward, firing bolts of energy at Arkillo.

Arkillo aimed a hard light projection of a salvo of rockets at both Artemis and Cianán, the latter of whom created the projection of a serrated kunai on a serrated chain before he launched it with a flick of his wrist, shearing through a third of them which detonated in flares of light from the impact with one coordinated flick of the wrist. From what I can tell, brother, Arkillo hasn't fought a Blue Lantern directly so he likely won't realize that the Blue Light of Hope, by its proximity alone is siphoning the strength from his Yellow Light of Fear, he sent to Artemis. From what I can tell, those rockets create concussive charges upon impact and detonation. Better go ranged to take them out, he warned.

Roger that. Artemis said, flying off into the distance to a sniper's position.

Arkillo snarled before he got tagged by an oversized emerald sledgehammer construct in the side of the head courtesy of John. He reeled from the blow before a large sapphire oversized cast iron pan smashed into his back as he spun from the blow, slamming into the sand hard.

Cianán re-angled the cast iron pan construct, a couple of the rockets detonating on impact. Unfortunately, he wasn't prepared for the concussive recoil. As a result, the cast iron pan recoiled squarely into his face with a loud clang.

Sunset, Rarity, and Rainbow all winced at the clang.

Artemis, from his vantage point, looked through the scope he attached to his Ion Blaster. He was far enough away that Arkillo could not see him. He also figured that with Arkillo's power of Fear being siphoned by Cianán's Blue Light of Hope, he would be weakened enough to feel the shot he was about to take.

After he lined up the shot, Artemis took a deep breath, held it in, and fired one charged shot on Arkillo's head. Surprisingly, the shot hit it's target.

It just happened to be at the same time Ahri threw an Orb of Deception that tagged the malicious alien in the head at the same time… resulting in a gory eruption of red, gray, and white with embers of blue and golden flame.

Nice shot, my sexy Kitsune friend. Artemissaid to Ahri telepathically. It's no wonder Cianán took a liking to you like I did to Evelynn. Who knew our shots would hit at the same time? Talk about coincidence.

That's what you get when you obsess over one thing and never use that gray matter in your head, it ends up splattered everywhere, Ahri quipped teasingly.

"Damn, talk about splattered and scattered. Shows what happens when you don't pay attention like a cheapskate," Cianán quipped.

"Cheapskates like them, brother?" Artemis quipped, cracking a pun at Cianán's blood family, knowing how badly they treated him.

"Trust me, they weren't cheap, they were just pricks who preferred to fuck anyone they could control," Cianán said tonelessly.

"Yeesh. That's much worse than you had let on, eh?" Artemis said with a worried tone and looked to the one he considered a brother.

"Shit happens and all we can do is fertilize the ground… preferably with the bastardòs that fucked us over," Cianán deadpanned dryly.

Evelynn snorted a little laugh at that.

"I'm guessing that the Guardians on Oa picked up on Arkillo, eh, John? Well, suffice to say Sinestro's group lost one of their heavy hitters… besides, I owed the bastard for jumping my ass when investigating that shit with Arthur being deceived by Circe… and Circe may be cute, but she's a total bitch in personality," Cianán deadpanned dryly before he shook his head. "Besides, I prefer somepony who's actually fun to be around, generous, and caring," he commented, seeing all three of the female Riders watching him.

He got the distinct feeling all three were blushing. He didn't realize that his face was rather bloody from the iron pan construct smashing his face repeatedly.

"Bloody hell, looks like Shūkaku left… well… at least he cleared up his mess," Cianán quipped, sighing.

"Though it looks like you need a thorough scrubbing, mister. Ahri, girls… I'm sure you can handle him while I have my promised time with my soulmate, yes?" Evelynn commented bluntly, staring at Cianán as Rainbow, Rarity, and Sunset de-henshined.

"I've heard the baths and spas here are to die for," Rarity commented overdramatically.

Rainbow facepalmed. "Considering we're, you know, kinda dead, I don't see much need for it," she sighed.

Cianán cocked an eyebrow before he pulled off the Ring as it reverted to its White form. "Oh, really?" he quipped innocently as he scratched her hand, a line of blood following before, even as her eyes widened, he healed the injury. "You know that ghosts are unable to bleed… so why do you? Could it be that… you're…" he gasped, "undead?" he teased before Sunset swatted him in the back of the head.

"Really? You had to pull a Pinkie?" Sunset commented, her eyebrow twitching.

Cianán chuckled. "What? You can't say it didn't make shit less depressing… but seriously… the only way you can bleed is if you're alive," he commented seriously.

"Such is the power of the White Lantern Ring." Artemis said with a laugh. "And if my theory is true, then we can bring the rest of the Elements of Harmony back and Spike too, right brother?"

"It's possible, I suppose. I mean, the comics didn't go into that much detail regarding the White Lantern Ring… but I do know that Kyle's shattered, reverting him back into the Green Lantern Corps. And I can tell you right now… a certain laughing Bat… he's far fucking creepier in person. The game definitely captured the creepy factor, where the comics focused a bit more on the sadistic factor… but in person? Let's just say that he's way fucking creepy. Think Bruce… combined with Pinhead," Cianán commented before he shivered.

"Enough of that, and Xipe isn't that bad," Evelynn commented bluntly. Almost immediately, Cianán shuddered.

"You're saying… he's not just real… but under Johnny's employment?" Cianán said warily. He noticed Artemis shooting him a confused look.

"Am I missing something? Because I am so confused right now." Artemis said, scratching the back of his head.

"We'll talk about that later, Artie." Evelynn said with a sultry tone to Artemis as she walked up to him and grabbed his junk and gave it a firm but gentle squeeze. Artemis started to blush more red than a tomato as he felt his Energon flowing straight southwards, Evelynn's rubbing of his crotch not helping his situation. "I've been waiting for this for a long time, and now that I'm on that vacation that you talked Johnny into giving me…" Evelynn giggled as she pulled Artemis' head down and whispered in his left ear, "I'm gonna fuck your brains out until you make me pregnant. Like the mares here, I go through a heat cycle, but monthly. And guess what? It's that time."

That was all it took for Artemis to break as he wrapped his left arm around Evelynn and used his right middle and index fingers on his forehead and, in less than a second, Artemis and Evelynn disappeared.

"Oi vey. I swear…. he has a tendency to really pound his point across. Though I wouldn't be surprised if those two break the bed and likely more than that," Cianán sighed.

"Oh, and you aren't? After all, from the way Breakfast Head's looking at you, she's looking rather… hungry. I know I am," a certain Kitsune purred.

Cianán shivered slightly before he paused, cocking his head as he felt a presence that wasn't Ahri nor John as he noticed the Green Lantern flying towards the northeast. He pushed off, landing next to Ahri. What he didn't expect, however, were a pair of Jedi… a human in black armor with a breather mask helmet on and a Togruta.

"Boo!" the Togruta giggled. Her eyes widened slightly at an almost instinctive Force Push that only slid her back a few feet before they saw the recognition in his gaze.

Cianán's eyes narrowed fractionally, then widened slightly upon seeing the pair. "Ahsoka Tano… you try that shit again, I swear… I am so tempted to spank you right now," he growled before he shook his head.

"Sorry, Cianán, but the only one who can spank me is my boyfriend Artemis." Ahsoka said with a laugh. "Besides, I've been stuck in this Tatooine knockoff of a desert with Skyguy here ever since we were separated from him during the… what exactly did he call it? Transwarp travel?"

Cianán rolled his eyes. "I said I was tempted to, Ahsoka… though what could interfere with transwarp travel? I mean, it's similar to hyperspace jumps, as far as I know… which isn't much, honestly. I'd know more about the Force than Cybertronian tech… eh?" he commented before he blinked. He didn't expect that a third Jedi… one he knew in canon had died.

"Master Luminara," Cianán commented. "Seems the folklore on Earth was right, as it never claimed you died but it did presume it was likely. It seems Mark Twain put it best," he commented wryly.

"As in 'rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated'?" the Jedi Master commented with a hint of amusement in her voice.

Cianán blinked before he shook his head. "I'm not even going to ask…" he sighed as he shook his head. He jumped at a sudden swat on his rear before he heard Anakin snicker as Rarity, Rainbow, and Sunset came out of the heat.

"Besides," Ahsoka started to say, blushing slightly, "I never got to tell Artemis something that happened when we had our moment a while back before he disappeared when he was using his astral form. Something I think he would be overjoyed to hear."

"Oh? And what's that, lassie?" Cianán quipped.

"It's a secret." Ahsoka said, giggling. "But let's just say he'll be very surprised when he hears the news… and sees him." Ahsoka looks back towards the south in the desert where she and Anakin had come from with a fond smile. "He's been anxious to meet Artemis for a long time now. It nearly broke my heart when I heard he disappeared that day. I thought he died. But then he showed up to pick us all up to bring us here. Only problem was that the universe back there is destroyed now. Some Bantha poodoo schutta named Metallia. I'm just glad that he also thought about bringing Owen, Beru, Luke, Leia, and Senator Organa and his wife when he picked us all up. But I feel no remorse for Palpatine though."

Ahsoka looked back at Cianán as she said, "He did find some old friends of mine and Skyguy's that we thought were dead. Turns out after he and I split, he rescued his old friends from the 501st by removing their bio-chips. From what I could track, Rex and the survivors of the 501st are in this town protecting it from bandits and raiders, but they have more damage resistant armor than their old Clone Trooper armor along with a rifle that goes with the armor. What did Artie call the armor and rifle? Mjolnir Mark VI Battle Armor and MA5B ICWS Assault Rifle, I think?"

Cianán blinked before he cocked his head. "Huh… wonder where they found standard issue HALO Spartan armor and the UNSC assault rifle," he commented before he shook his head. "Though… unfortunately… I know more about Metallia than I let on… and she did that shit because it was personal… and she did it to hurt us," he commented grimly.

"What aren't you telling us? Even through our bond…" Sunset started.

"Like Anakin and Ahsoka… I had a life before this… before ever encountering you, Faustie… all of you… and that bitch Metallia is part of that life. See… that was when she succeeded… but it wasn't the first time she tried… in fact, to my knowledge, she attempted it no less than five times. Isn't that right, Usako?" he commented before a thud sounded.

"Ugh… really? You had to use Mamo-chan's nickname for me before he… died?" Tsukino Usagi commented, wincing as she stood. Her blonde unbound hair fell to her ankles whilst her blue eyes were a bit annoyed.

"Considering you and the girls survived? And I know you're there, Minako," Cianán deadpanned, rolling his eyes.

Minako, clad in an orange towel and still dripping a bit, pouted. "You sure know how to," she started before Cianán cocked an eyebrow.

"Surprise him," was all he said. At that, Minako grinned before she vanished in a surge of golden orange light.

"I'm guessing the others are around?" he commented to Usagi.

"Hai." Usagi said while nodding. "While Minako-chan was at Twilight's castle in Ponyville to see Artie, we were here helping with keeping the sandstorm at bay as well as helping Rex and the 501st protecting the town from bandits and raiders, which apparently happens a lot in this part of Equis. We just didn't realize the sandstorms were because of a Tanuki Bijū snoring or, as you put it, 'ripping ass'." Usagi giggled at the end of that sentence. "However, the other Senshi and I decided to set up a base here like we had on our Earth. From what we can tell, Equis is almost identical to the Sol System, with some slight differences, but not enough to make a difference to our powers. So we've put up barriers encompassing the orbits of the planets of this solar system to protect it like we did back on Earth, since it seems our powers work here as well."

"Slight differences like what?" Sunset asked, genuinely curious.

"Like the Asteroid Belt. There isn't one." Usagi said. "But there is a planet where the Asteroid Belt should be. The old scientific folklore of Planet X comes to mind now that I think about it. And apparently Artie didn't just pick up us and the others as well as his herd, including the 501st from their galaxy, but he managed to save two other people related to a group from a video game you played on your old Nintendo Switch, Cianán-san. Two that you and Artie had contact with. I guess he's as smart as he is horny. I guess he figured they needed to live in order to fight the Imagined Order."

Cianán cocked his head. "As long as it wasn't a certain self-proclaimed genius, I don't mind… and from what I noticed at your lack of surprise, you know that it wasn't just the planets that had Senshi… but the Sun as well. Of course, those memories… didn't come to me until after I left those wankers," he commented. His hand rose to his chest as bright crimson flames engulfed his hand before it revealed something he knew would confuse the Jedi but he knew the Senshi would recognize immediately: a dark amber stick capped by dark green obsidian on both ends as well as being capped by a deep golden red gemstone with a circle with a dot within…. a Henshin Stick.

He saw a green eyed brunette step out before her eyes widened. He blinked as the towel hid nothing of Makoto Kino's voluptuous body. He grunted as he sprawled on the floor from the Jovian Senshi tackling him in a tight hug.

He saw the look Usagi was giving him, a look of surprise. "What's wrong, Tsukihime Serenity?" he quipped innocently before he saw her jerk at the formal title… her title. "I'm guessing Luna's around?" he commented to which she shook her head. His eyes narrowed. He rather liked their Mau guardians, who had taken on the disguise of feline companions.

He exhaled softly as Makoto stood before pulling him to his feet. He paused as she tugged him towards the changing rooms before he realized Master Luminara and Usagi were following. He blinked as he noticed the symbol on the door, that of a woman in a hijàb.

It was only then that he realized they'd shuffled him into the women's changing rooms. He shivered at what they had in mind.

"Anata no on'nanoko ga Cianán-san no sewa o shite iru ma, watashi wa Twilight no shiro ni modotte, ātimisu ga watashi ga kare to Evelynn ni kuwawatte mo kamawanai ka dō ka o kakunin shimasu." Minako said in Japanese "Watashi ga karera no `tanoshimi' ni kuwawattara, karera ga mattaku ki ni shinaidarou to watashi wa hijō ni utagatte imasuga." While you girls are taking care of Cianán-san, I'm heading back to Twilight's castle to see if Artemis wouldn't mind me joining him and Evelynn. Though I highly doubt they would mind at all if I joined them in their 'fun'.

"Nē, anata wa omoimasu ka? Taoru ni mi o tsutsunda atsui burondo no shitatari kara, daremoga nani mo kyohi dekiru node wanai ka to omoimasu," Cianán commented dryly, rolling his eyes. Gee, ya think? I kinda doubt anyone would be able to refuse anything from a dripping hot blonde clad in a towel. He yelped as he was stripped to naught but his skin. He glanced at where Minako had been to see embers of golden orange light drifting to the ground before he jumped at a mildly interested hum. His head turned to see a slightly copper skinned blonde and a slightly pale woman with wavy aquamarine hair falling to her lower back.

"Hmm. With a body like that, I suspect you could make a lesbian consider going bi," Haruka Tenoh commented with a small smirk before the aquamarine haired woman draped her arms over the blonde's shoulders.

Cianán blinked several times in confusion, before he looked around before his eyes widened, realizing Master Luminara was just as bare as everyone else, a light sheen of moisture from the humid room gleaming on her deep emerald skin. He blinked, seeing her hair was a deep auburn that was almost crimson. It fell to the middle of her back in messy waves. "Nice to see you, Haruka… Michiru. I've heard your music and seen you racing. As I recall, you prefer Indy Car racing over stock cars due to higher speeds in the cars, even if the potential for ugly and fatal wrecks in the former is higher," he commented.

"What's the phrase humans use? That you are 'utterly fuckable'?" Master Luminara commented teasingly. "After all, the Jedi Code discourages relationships… it doesn't ban them, a fact Anakin might have known… had he asked," she quipped.

Cianán blinked several times at her comment before he shivered. "Ugh… I don't know whether to be impressed by the fact that I'm surrounded by hot women apparently attracted to me… or scared shitless," he sighed, facepalming.

"Except for me and Minako." Ahsoka said, her and Minako sitting at a far side of the hotspring, looking like they were enjoying the show that was about to happen. "We're saving ourselves for Artie, but we'll enjoy the show. Right Minako-chan?"

"Hai." Minako said, giggling into her hand.

"You two are beautiful, though I'm pretty certain that even if Michiru and Haruka aren't attracted to me in that particular way, seven women would be… well… more than enough. Admittedly…" Cianán commented wryly.

"Admittedly what?" Makoto quipped.

Cianán cleared his throat, muttering something under his breath as he didn't meet their gaze even as he heard the low, somewhat damp splat of dampened fabric on the floor.

Sunset's ears twitched before she got an impish smirk. "Oh? Seems he had crushes on all of us at different points," she purred teasingly.

Makoto and Usagi blinked even as Rarity and Rainbow cocked an eyebrow with intrigued looks. Sunset only smirked as Cianán shot her a betrayed look.

From what I can guess, you likely imagined a similar situation to this… well, no more imagining… as much as experiencing it, Sunset giggled.

Cianán shivered slightly as he glanced Ahsoka's way, missing how Usagi and Makoto had already filled up buckets of warm water before he yelped as they were dumped on him.

Rainbow snickered before she yelped as Rarity facepalmed moments before she dumped a bucket of ice water on Rainbow, drawing a startled yelp from the Pegasus mare.

She held her hands up as she had neither used magic nor her hands to move the bucket as Rainbow shot her a look. She suspected Ahsoka might be intrigued as she had used something quite familiar to the former Jedi… a particular interconnected energy flowing through all things.

Luminara shot Ahsoka a look, who nodded slightly, giving away that she had noticed as well. The real question was, however, how many others had the talent?

Cianán blinked, noticing both Luminara and Ahsoka trading looks before he yelped at a sudden chill as both Usagi and Sunset squirted body wash into his body before his ears twitched at a low voice that was soft, but not quite on the level of an animal loving mare.

"Oh, my. Why did you bring him in here?" a bluenette commented, her blue eyes a few shades darker than Minako's.

"It was closer, and I got the feeling we could get some blackmail on him," Sunset quipped.

"Ami? Damn… you're just as cute as I kinda expected. I'd wager you're a genius in your own way," Cianán commented. He saw her blush in response before he felt Usagi and Sunset start massaging the body wash into lather before he jumped slightly as his head turned away from Ami, only to see the Outer Senshi approaching him. He shivered at the way they were looking at him, unaware that his body was putting out fairly strong pheromones.

He saw Luminara simply watching as the Senshi and Sunset started washing his body before he heard soft breathy pants before he felt a finger tap his shoulder before he turned his head in time to see creamy white D cup breasts and slightly darker gray stiffened nipples covered with soap as well as a deep amethyst mane saturated before he felt a hand press against the back of his head. He just managed to close his eyes before he felt softness engulf his head before he heard Yang cackle in his head.

Damn, that looks like the funnest way of motorboating, the blonde brawler snickered.

Luminara's eyebrows rose as the pale blue furred pegasus mare shoved the human male's head deep into the white furred unicorn's soapy cleavage with a grin for several seconds before she let him get free as she tilted her head. Hmm. Curious. Though I do not physically see wings on her, I can all but feel them in the Force. She noted with mild interest, her eyes on Rainbow.

Her gaze shifted to the Senshi, noticing energy radiating from them that both felt like the Force, yet at the same time felt very different from it. Especially the Alicorn, as she'd found they were called. Curiously, the blonde washing his back had an energy that felt much like the energy of the younger of the Diarchy, yet held a stronger, purer core of power to it that almost felt like the Light Side of the Force.

Cianán's ears twitched as he noticed Minako and Ahsoka smirking and giggling. He sighed softly before his head tilted as he heard very soft footfalls before he half turned, spotting two people he didn't expect. Both seemed to be fourteen or fifteen, one with bubblegum pink hair and ruby red eyes as the other had dark midnight blue hair just shy of ebony and deep indigo eyes.

"Misato Tsukino," the pink haired girl introduced herself.

"Huh. The series always implied that your name was 'Serenity' though if I'm honest, I always doubted it… 'ChibiUsa'," Cianán quipped teasingly before his gaze rose before his eyes widened upon seeing the Outer Senshi whose Domain was Time itself, missing Misato's pout. Her deep scarlet irises gleamed with amusement beneath her coppery skin and dark emerald hair that fell down to her ass. He shivered at her look as the corner of her mouth quirked up.

"You two go get cleaned up. As for me… let's just say I see something that does need washing," she commented in a tone that immediately had him thinking With a purr like that, she'd be a dangerous seductress or spymistress. I mean, damn.

You aren't alone, hun. I mean, damn… just from that voice… Sunset commented in his mind through their Bond.

You're imagining her muffled by something else, Cianán quipped innocently. The only outward sign of Sunset's thoughts as her hands roamed his back and shoulders was a momentary pause.

Guilty… though obviously you were thinking along similar lines. Sunset teased as she shivered slightly.

Let's just say that if Rainbow had the gear, no doubt she'd want in on, pun intended, stuffing her like a Christmas turkey… or a Thanksgiving turkey, depending on where you are, Cianán quipped teasingly.

He shivered, unaware that Michiru and Haruka had deliberately not washed his thighs nor up to his waist. He jolted as he felt nails dragging almost teasingly up his thighs before he looked down to see Setsuna kneeling before him, her E-cup breasts and dusky bronze nipples visibly stiff. "Oh, fuck," he breathed aloud.

"Nope, not yet. That cums later. First," Setsuna quipped innocently before, in one fluid motion, her head shot forward before she deepthroated his cock in one movement with only a slight gagging sound.

—

With Artemis and Evelynn…

Artemis and Evelynn were lying in bed in each other's arms, naked and under the covers of one of the guest rooms. Evelynn looked like she was six or seven months pregnant, her pussy still dripping with Artemis' cum. Artemis looked down at Evelynn and smiled, kissing her on the top of her, causing her to stir in her sleep.

"Well, Evelynn, was it everything you were hoping for with me?" Artemis asked, smiling.

"Even better." Evelynn said, giggling with a slight snort. "Usually it's me that makes others squirm, but hot damn, I'd be lying if I said that you didn't surprise me, Artie." Evelynn rubbed her stomach. "It's a little early to tell, but I wanted this. I'd be lying if I said that I didn't want this."

"Hopefully we'll be able to see in the morning." Artemis said with a smile as he kissed Evelynn passionately. At least before he jerked from the kiss with a faraway look in his eyes. "Damn!"

"What is it?" Evelynn asked, confused.

"Having the ability to use transwarp fields grants me certain abilities." Artemis said with a laugh. "And if I didn't know any better, I'd say a certain Senshi whose domain is Time just deepthroated Cianán's cock right off the bat. I mean, damn, Setsuna! Never thought she was hornier than Minako-chan."

Evelynn giggled. "Well, while they are having some fun, let's go to sleep. God knows I've needed a vacation. I'm just glad you were able to convince Johnny to give me one. I'm even more surprised that he agreed, saying that I could have as long of a vacation as I wanted." Evelynn kissed Artemis and said, "Good night Artie."

"Good night, Evelynn." Artemis said with a smile as he used his magic to turn off the lights, hugging Evelynn in a possessive but protective hug, which she returned.

—

Back with Cianán and the others…

"Holy fuck," Cianán yelped in surprise, not noticing how Michiru's hand rose, a faint liquid aquamarine aura flickering as the misty air condensed around where Misato and Hotaru were, giving them privacy and blocking sound from distracting the close friends.

He most certainly noticed as Setsuna started bobbing her head as he saw Minako's eyes widen slightly as she traded looks with Ahsoka. His ears twitched as he just caught the words "find that hot" from Minako over the blood pounding in his ears as he shivered even as he felt the hands of Michiru, Usagi, and Haruka washing his body. He blinked, wondering where Sunset was before he heard Makoto yelp in surprise as he glanced over his shoulder, his eyebrow twitching upward upon seeing Sunset… spanking Makoto. He could see her need twitching. He saw the Jovian Senshi twist abruptly before he saw Sunset sink deep into Makoto's ass.

"Damn, kinda guessed you were an ass girl," he quipped, seeing Makoto blush at his words.

Sunset smirked slightly as she cocked her head innocently. "Are you saying that because I was staring at your ass in the hall or because I stuffed your ass already?" she quipped innocently.

Cianán's eyebrow twitched upward. "Hentai," he deadpanned dryly even as he shuddered as he felt no less than three hands fondling his balls. He blinked as he noticed Haruka wasn't meeting his gaze though Michiru smirked slightly.

"We do need to clean everything, though it seems 'Tsuna is focused on giving you a thorough spit shine," Michiru quipped teasingly.

Now that's my kind of blow job. Yang said telepathically, cackling over the lame pun.

He cocked an eyebrow at the dirty joke. "Could you please not Yang any bad puns out of your asses?" he sighed, very aware of his own pun, though in his case it was deliberate.

He inhaled sharply in surprise as he felt Usagi's hands massaging his ass. His eyebrow twitched upward as he heard the low rhythmic slapping sound as Sunset had her fun with Makoto.

"What are we forgetting to wash?" Michiru hummed softly as she straightened as Usagi giggled.

"Hmmm. Other than his dick which is pretty occupied? Only his hair," the Lunarian quipped.

Michiru hummed softly as she looked over his soaped up body.

"Well, at least his hair will be easier than yours to clean," Haruka quipped jokingly, to which Usagi pouted.

"Mou… you don't have to be mean, Haruka-chan. After all," Usagi started before a voice interrupted her.

"Damn," a certain raven haired, amethyst eyed Miko Priestess commented in surprise.

Rei? Artemis broke into the conversation telepathically. Is that really you, beibu?

Hino Rei blinked before her head tilted. "No, it's Santa's Helper," her deadpan tone gave away nothing.

Usagi snickered as she saw Minako facepalm.

Think you can be fine by yourself for a bit, Evelynn? Artemis asked over the link.

I'll manage. But I'll be waiting for you when you get back. Evelynn said.

Alright. Hang on, Rei. I'm heading over. But meet me outside. I want to talk to you… alone. Artemis said before he cut the connection.

Cianán blinked as he saw her. "Looking good, Kasei-hime," he quipped. He saw Rei cock an eyebrow at him, likely at the formal greeting. He noticed that unlike the others, she was dressed in an ankle length red dress beneath a white blouse, though his ears twitched at the low clunking as it swayed when she shifted her weight.

Rei? I'm outside at the markets nearby. I want to talk to you in private. Artemis said to Rei telepathically.

Weighted clothes, eh? Huh, he noted as Rei turned before he blinked as she vanished with a soft chiming sound.

—

Outside the chambers near the markets…

Artemis was standing near one of the stands of the apples being sold, as he bought two of them while he had two bottles of soft apple cider in his hands as well. He was just waiting for Rei Hino, his other crush besides Minako Aino, to show up. He had been meaning to talk with her after Minako said Rei was heartbroken after they all heard he had disappeared from his Earth because of the Matrix.

A water balloon of cold water landed on his head and burst. Rei smirked a bit as she crouched on a thin wire, watching him. She had a short shoto sheathed at the small of her back.

"Didn't take you for a prankster, Rei-chan." Artemis said, looking up and smiling a loving smile. Rei jumped down and stood in front of Artemis. Artemis held out an apple and a bottle of soft apple cider. "Apple and soft cider?"

"I suppose, though this makes for a rather dusty 'date'," she commented wryly.

"Hey, I didn't say it was a date, but I figured in a desert town such as this, some refreshments would be nice while we talked." Artemis said with a slight huff before he chuckled. He and Rei went to sit down on a bench while they each ate their apple and took a sip of their ciders. "Sooo… wanna tell me?" Artemis said as he looked to Rei with a worried look.

"What the fuck happened, for one? You said you were going to Greece to explore ruins, not vanish for four years before Metallia somehow showed her ugly hag ass again!" Rei commented bluntly.

"Wait hold up!" Artemis said, confused. "Four years? When that happened to me, up to me arriving here, I was gone for six months total. How in Primus's damned name could four years have passed back home?"

Rei blinked. Her head cocked as she rubbed her right shoulder, very aware of what lay beneath her blouse there. "Time didn't stop, it never does… but I do know that whatever happened, Kunzite, Zoicite, and Jadeite were resurrected… though I'm almost certain Jadeite never died because he was acting decidedly… homicidal. I know as he drove a sword through my back an inch and a half to the right of my spine and out just beneath my collarbone… pinned me to the ground," Rei said softly.

"What about what Minako-chan said?" Artemis asked, looking down in shame, though his right hand found its way to her left hand. Luckily for him, Rei didn't pull away, but instead interlocked her fingers with his own. "Did you really start to love me like she did? After all this time? Even when the Matrix took me away to Cybertron?"

Rei cleared her throat before she took a sip of cider. "How could I not? You're almost as stubborn as Usagi and Makoto," she said slowly.

With a distinctive sound of a portal being sliced open reminiscent of a certain dark Slayer, the group turned around to notice the cross-shape opening in the fabric of reality.

"Okay, who the fuck is it this time?!" Artemis said, putting a protective arm in front of Rei. "However… that portal looks familiar. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that was an Argent Energy portal."

A blur of motion surged skyward from near the baths before it landed heavily, revealing none other than Cianán… dressed in Kryptonian Armor… that had the Sigil of the House of El upon it.

"Huh… guessing Kal must have found some traditional Kryptonian Armor… or Kara left it… considering this seems to be a few inches shorter than Kal," he commented wryly. His ears twitched at an odd plinking sound before his eyes narrowed.

"Son of a SLAGGING SANDWORM!" Artemis screamed. "WHY DID SCRAPLETS HAVE TO SHOW UP HERE?!"

"Hmm… seems we can use them for target practice, eh, brother?" Cianán quipped teasingly.

"Not me, I'm getting out of here before they eat me alive!" Artemis said, genuine fear on his muzzle and in his voice. "You don't know what those things can do to living metal. And I'M LIVING METAL!" He all but screamed the last three words of that sentence.

"Anyone got some WATER?!" A voice very similar to Twilight's shouted coming from the portal.

Water, eh? Looks like I can use her here… Cianán mused as his hand dipped before he drew a tanto with a small crescent moon charm hanging from the butt of the hilt opposite the tsuba. "Wash them away, Lunetta!" he barked as he shifted the tanto as it flared with light as the single tanto became dual butterfly scimitars. Better yet, Lunetta was a very powerful water-type Zanpakutō. His grip shifted.

"Teppōdama Sandanjū," he barked as he swiped the right hand blade upward, an orb of water the size of a basketball firing off before it shattered into two dozen smaller water bullets like buckshot.

"Fucking beasties want to eat my gunblades and my metal bits." The voice said as it stepped through the portal. "Luckily I have a cloak of flames to melt them. Extreme temperatures and water are their only weaknesses!"

Cianán glanced down, noticing what he immediately recognized as Arkham City Cryogrenades before he depressed the trigger on three of them before lobbing them through the portal. "Then they're gonna get a cold meal," he quipped innocently before he heard the almost triplicate whump as the Cryogrenades detonated, icy fog measuring −457.67 °F in temperature erupting outward. "Huh… seems Bruce left some of his gear with the armor. I've actually met Victor and he, like Pamela, is a decent guy who's had a nasty hand dealt his way," he commented. He didn't realize that his Cybertronian right eye was glowing a dull reddish purple, his pupil glowing blue even as his other eye shone pale bluish green.

"Take cover!" The mare, who was wreathed in twin fires at the moment making her completely unrecognizable other than a silhouette, shouted. "I'm going to do something extreme!"

"Behind me, ye idjits! Bakudō no Hachijūichi: Dankū!" Cianán barked sharply, using his reiryoku to manifest a transparent wall to block the backwash.

Suddenly the flames surrounding the mare blast outward as if they were being pushed by an invisible aura of power. "Draconis release!" She shouted. The extreme heat from the black and white mixture liquifying the scraplets and nothing else leaving a few survivors outside the blast radius. "Hate those Unicronian blasted parasites."

"Eclipse Flames, eh?" Cianán quipped, cocking his head. "Too bad we can't set the little fuckers on his ass," he commented evilly with a smirk.

"Actually and I hate to be this kind of mare, those were my twin Godfires and I undid their manifestation with that technique." The Anthro Alicorn-Dragon hybrid said. "Those things were born of the Chaos bringer like a certain power boosting species of transformer I've met, so they might not eat him if they were sent to him."

Cianán hummed. "Ah can think of one fucker Ah would not mind them eating," he commented, his Irish accent strong in his voice.

"Primus damn it, that was scary." Artemis said as he came around the corner out of hiding. "If one thing scares me by instinct due to being a Cybertronian lifeform, it's Scraplets. Now that I think about it, all of the dead Cybertronians on Cybertron besides Optimus looked like they were eaten alive by something. But I didn't recognize the marks on their bodies. Now I realize now that it was Scraplets." Artemis then looked over to the Alicorn-Dragon hybrid, recognizing her right away. "Ayumi… been a long time. How have you been? I take it you've finished helping my Blazkowicz duplicate in his Equestria? Or are you just visiting?"

"Huh?" Ayumi said not knowing anything about that. "I'm in the middle of a quantum leap type scenario, I first jumped to Cybertron in this universe and then opened the portal once the scraplets started swarming me. I only know about their weaknesses because I'm able to access the multiversal Internet to refresh my memory."

"Wait, seriously? You didn't meet him yet?" Artemis asked, clearly confused about what she said. "So you haven't seen my duplicate yet? I remember Cianán and I were in contact with him back on our Earth before I was sent to Cybertron by the Matrix."

"So I'm guessing you don't have an 'Al' to help ya," Cianán quipped teasingly, referring to the AI assistant another unlucky 'Quantum Leaper' had had.

"In reference it's more of a similar thing to the multiverse episode of Family Guy, only I can't turn off the shuffle feature." Ayumi said. "I can open portals fine but I can't actually open one to my home dimension yet. For some reason these damn blades just want me to help out others and get stronger. Damn Sparda for imbuing his protective instincts for his family into them when he adopted me!"

"Haven't watched that show for years. I was preferential to American Dad myself." Artemis said with a smile before he laughed.

"Damn. As long as we don't end up with a wayward Roger, I don't care… or a certain annoying blue alien 'dog'," Cianán quipped, rolling his eyes before he paused at her mention of Sparda, his eyes narrowed fractionally.

Out of the blue, a blue and light greenish-blue fur ball rolled up and jumped onto Cianán's shoulders.

"Hello!" The blue alien 'dog' in question said, covering Cianán's eyes in a peekaboo gesture.

"Which blue alien dog were you talking about?" Ayumi said thinking about Jake in his demonic form while watching the spectacle.

"I'm guessing if you're here, a certain quartet ain't far away?" Cianán commented dryly, having sensed Stitch rolling through the sand minutes before but ignoring his spiritual energy.

"Ich." Stitch said in the affirmative. "Here in town, taking in the sights."

"Huh, Jumba trying to get DNA for 629?" Ayumi wondered.

"Ich." Stitch said in the affirmative with a sigh. "628 cousin was a clone of a human from the future with giant finger to poke eyes with. But after Jumba managed to remake Marcus from his DNA after he gave up heart to John Connor of the future, Jumba cloned him back to life. Managed to keep memories intact up to when he died to give heart to John Connor in the future."

"I'm not that surprised. And get your pert ass down here, Ellen. Your life energy is very distinctive. Hell, the only other one I've felt that was as distinctive as yours was Sarah," Cianán deadpanned dryly, his head turning before a feminine voice cursed.

"Really, you ass?" Ellen Ripley deadpanned before she pulled the trigger anyway, sending the beanbag at Cianán's head before she blinked as the beanbag tapped her on the head as she felt the gust.

Stitch blinked, a bit startled at Cianán's speed, especially enhanced by the Speed Force.

"Really, even Rainbow would find that prank childish and sloppy… a beanbag coated in itching powder," Cianán's voice quipped innocently behind her even as her eyes widened as she started to turn before she let out a loud, long, wet fart. "But I never said I wouldn't turn your prank attempt on ya," he continued with a smirk. He had used his magic to change it from itching powder to fart powder.

He felt Stitch swaying on his shoulders before he floated back to the ground. "Should prove interesting if I can find a way to combine Kryptonian flight with the Speed Force's gifts," he commented wryly.

"Yo Stitch." Artemis said, making Stitch look at Artemis. "Do Nani and Lilo still have the 'gifts' I bestowed them all those years ago? The ones that made even the demons of Hell scream in fear?"

"Ich," Stitch commented.

"What 'gifts' would those be?" an accented voice quipped innocently, a pale reddish gray Praetor Suit with distinct if subtle feminine curves leaned against one of the stalls. The visor was a deep golden red.

Cianán blinked, cocking his head. "The embossed flower on your right bracer gives you away… Lilo," he commented dryly.

"Damn, Lilo!" Artemis whistled in surprise. "Didn't expect you to be grown up now. It wasn't that long for me since I last talked to you and Nani when I was still on my Earth. How much time passed for you? Seems like a lot of it did. Let me guess… Judgment Day happened, didn't it?"

Lilo opened her mouth to speak when she was interrupted.

A loud ape roar sounded out as another woman appeared from the rooftops alongside a gorilla with red boots and a tail. Ones and zeros trailing off of both of them for a second.

Cianán's eyebrow twitched upward before he pushed off, hovering several dozen yards above the ground before he noticed the large, red furred ape with a quartet of tails. "Well, well, Son Goku. Hey, Nani, have you found a big enough banana for this old King Kong yet?" he quipped innocently, knowing it would irk The Yōnbi Bijū.

"What are you helping 'what' for?" Son Goku grumbled, as 'Nani' meant 'what' in Japanese.

Cianán blinked before he snorted a laugh as he'd never even noticed that fact.

"So, we meet again, Nani." Artemis said with a smile. "Been a long time. Let me guess… Judgment Day happened like I predicted, didn't it?"

Nani shrugged. "Those H-Ks make good target practice, even if they don't clean up after themselves," she commented. Her Praetor Suit was a deep reddish copper with a dark gray visor.

"Ayumi, why do I smell another monster ape?" The gorilla asked, partially covering the young woman protectively. "Dora finally figured out the portal tech you both found in that ruin."

"Umm… this portal tech, Boots…. it wouldn't happen to have this symbol on it, would it?" Artemis asked while projecting the symbol as a hologram from his eyes.

"Yeah the area we found it in was a partially ruined advanced City." The gorilla said warily.

"On your Earth?!" Artemis asked, surprised.

"Earth?!" Boots asked. Dora was still silent, surprisingly. "Dude, we live in a computer world. Not this dirt as you call it."

"Clearly you misunderstand what I meant, but whatever." Artemis said with a shrug of his shoulders. He then realized Dora had been silent the entire time. "Boots, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Dora speak before? Why isn't she speaking now?"

"That would be because of my earlier comment." Boots said. "Until we get an answer for the monster ape Dora is reluctant to say anything as not all of my kind were friendly. In fact I'm the only one that Diego knows is friendly. We once ran into a troupe of my kind and they almost attacked us till Diego scared them off."

"Well to answer your question, he's technically not an ape, but an ape demon of Japanese mythology. But I can vouch for him as he's from a world that was originally a manga and anime from Japan. He's on our side." Artemis looks to the Yōnbi Bijū with a look that makes it stare at Artemis with wide eyes. "Riiiight?"

"Yes." Son Goku grumbled. "I'll be on my best behavior. You have my word on my honor. Since you know Lilo and Nani, I can trust you."

"I tend to keep quiet for the most part when I got older I couldn't explore with the help of the player anymore so I learned a lot more skills including that silence is golden when it comes to observing new surroundings even with Boots here to protect me I gained my own fighting skills training against him with Sword and Machete." Dora said pointing to her sentient weapons both strapped on her hips. "I even learned some magic thanks to the star pocket on Backpack." She said modestly, in truth she had learned not just how to use the star pocket to collect them but to utilize their power in powerful range to text each dependent on a different star for different effects. "I just hope that Swiper's gang hasn't followed us. He's gotten worse after a mistake I made as a kid recruiting more foxes to join his gang of thieves."

"The past is set in stone and cannot be changed. The future is a tale yet to be told. The present is a gift with which we live, hence why it's called the 'present'." Artemis said, quoting Cianán's words to Tsunade from the sibling Clan's Creed.

"The Uzumaki Clan Creed. Their only other Creed is 'Family Above All'," Cianán deadpanned before he paused at a scraping sound before he turned his head to see Stitch scratching at a stone before his eyes narrowed. Unknown to him, his irises bled to a metallic silver with an odd crimson Sigil floating within his irises.

"Sparda felt the same, that's why he imbued my gunblades with a large portion of his power as he did with the Yamato and the Rebellion." Ayumi said as she summoned the twin weapons in a flash of purple flames.

"Anyway Lilo, back to my question." Artemis said, looking back at Lilo. "Did Judgment Day happen like I predicted when I gifted you and Nani with the powers of the Doom Slayer, and was in contact with John Connor?"

Lilo grimaced as she shivered. "It was worse. Cyberdemons and other Demonkyn showed up alongside Skynet's forces," she said slowly.

Cianán cocked his head. "Makes sense. Never did get the sense that Skynet being a 'cyber defense initiative' going homicidal being a 'random incident'… and considering we knew Skynet was out there… the only way that would occur is if Skynet wasn't a 'random incident' but a measured strike… a Demonic Strike to not only turn humanity's tech against them, but breed a sense of near fear and distrust in such tech," he deadpanned dryly.

"I wouldn't put it past those fuckers." Artemis said with a growl. "I honestly wondered why Skynet modeled the T-600s, 700s, 800s, and 900s off of the human skeleton."

"Guess we're lucky Judgment Day ain't here… though I have to wonder if there is a way to 'reboot' T-3000 John back to who he once was… against Skynet. Hmmm… I have to wonder," Cianán commented before he paused, his eyes widened fractionally as he recalled something that he was almost certain most people had overlooked. It was very brief, lasting perhaps the equivalent of half a frame in the 'Terminator: Genesys' movie, when the quantum field generator had triggered, but he recalled something. He blinked as a holographic projector shone from the chest of his armor, revealing the scene as the magnetic force tore John's T-3000 body apart before it froze, a glowing gleam of blue behind John's left eye a split second after disintegrating. He zoomed in on it, his eyes narrowing slightly as he spotted a chip no larger than the head of a push-pin… with a distorted blue mark with a skull upon it. "Thought so… the superiority complex, the fact that he relied specifically on claws or blades… it wasn't John at all," he growled.

He took a deep breath as his eyes narrowed as steam rose from his body. His hands shifted, Lunetta reverting to her sealed tanto form. Her voice came out as a soft, British accented whisper much like a violet haired psionic of a particular group of mutants.

"You're going to use him? Considering how… unstable… he can be?" Lunetta commented.

"Considering that a lot of the shit he went through growing up was because of that particular Virus with Trojan Horse capabilities… Matrix will most certainly want to put him away… permanently," he replied wryly.

"Let us out!" Twin voices said from within Ayumi's gunblades. "Primus wishes to speak through us!"

"Are you two going to behave this time? I don't want to have to kill you again after last time." Ayumi said growling at the devil arms. The twin weapons shivered at the threat but assented their glows becoming brighter before they leapt from Ayumi's hands transforming in twin flashes of light.

Cianán's eyebrow twitched upward before he hummed. "Those two voices are very easy to recognize… Agni, Rudra. I do hope you two get to the point, or I'll find a way for every Pinkie in every Equestria to learn 'the most annoying song' and use it on you two every chance they get," he warned.

"Do not compare us to that firestorm, we are the light in the dark reborn as the spirits of this one's blades." The elder armored Twilight said.

"We are far stronger thanks to both Sparda's power and the fact that we were originally gods in our own rights!" The provocatively armored younger Twilight next to the Elder said.

"Aye, that I'm aware of. But if there's one thing I recognize it's certain… tendencies you two have. I will admit that most people overlooked you two in your previous forms for being highly annoying to a certain Son of Sparda. However, I know that you two were quite useful for crowd control," Cianán quipped teasingly. He knew that would catch their attention as few bothered to praise them. He took a slow breath as he focused as a maelstrom of energy he knew both Devil Arms would recognize as Demonic Energy surged. Blood red and orange energy as well as pale blue and white energy formed two blades that landed in his grasp. His eyes cracked open as the silver and crimson within his irises had inverted due to him tapping into his Demonic Power he'd gained from a certain half demon empathic sorceress.

"Especially against that bastard Jacob, Rachel's brother, as his Lust abilities couldn't get close enough to affect Us," he commented, his voice becoming triple toned. "After all, if there's one thing We became, it's skilled in combat," he said as he straightened from his half crouched position. His head tilted fractionally as some of the sands behind him bubbled with darkness before Rachel Roth, 'Raven' to those who didn't know her well, surfaced.

"We are not The Firestorm, they are separate beings!" Both said together. "We were reborn from the weapons she wields, think of us as a mixture between zanpakuto spirits and devil arms!"

"Guys calm down both of you. They did not know about your origins and they didn't know that comparison is a sore spot for the both of you. Being tied to my weapons instead of your male lion-like physical forms from before your first deaths." Ayumi said before turning to the others with a serious look in her eyes. "They really hate the comparison with The Firestorm twins. Considering they're the source of my twin godfires reborn into these new forms after Sparda brought them back to life inadvertently, they do have some similarity with them. They are the source of some of my more advanced powers and godly forms. Basically they are the equivalent of Unicron and Primus as they are literal gods of light and darkness only after their rebirth they've been aligned to balance, good, and order tempered by chaos. Please do not piss them off."

"I remember what you said about them to me through our common friend a while back." Artemis said, rubbing his chin in thought. "They were the twin gods from Remnant, right?" When Ayumi nodded, Artemis nodded and looked at the two gunblades, saying, "Well then, you two, what does Primus wish to say?"

"He wakes! Earth is lost!" They say together the context revealing exactly who wakes.

"Fucking hell! That bastard!" Ayumi shouted, punching the ground cracks spreading from the impact. "Sunset, Sonata, little Sci." Tears landing before being absorbed by the broken ground.

"Primus…" Artemis started to say. "Did he send those things after me? The Scraplets? Because he already knew about me?"

"He cannot respond. He gave this warning thanks to being in tune with me and my nature, temporarily boosting his power." The elder said. "He did not destroy the planet, just made it poisonous to Cybertronians. Similar to the planet Master of another timeline. Techno-organics would be fine. If any true Cybertronians want to stay on the planet for an extended period of time, bring your own untainted fuel."

"That would mean any of my children, whom I suspect would be like a certain protoform turned human." Artemis said in thought.

"He'll pay!" Ayumi said her body rapidly turning black and shiny before a purple aura exploded from her. The Hakai visibly poured off of her in waves. "God or not he can die, it's been done!"

"Ayumi, I understand that you are angry." Artemis said, his tone cold, his look grim with his eyes flashing bright violet. "But that's why I was chosen by the Matrix. But there's no need to go half-cocked without a plan. If Unicron is anything like I know him to be, then we'll take him out and make sure that he answers for his crimes. But we do it together. But we'll need some backup as far as some allies. I think I know of three such allies we can call upon."

"We need to get there before he tries to reshape the planet into a new physical body for him. He's done it before with asteroids. What do you think he'll do with a planet the size of Earth?!" She demanded. "Not to mention how many people we know that live on that planet!"

"I get that. But we'll need some heavy artillery as far as other Displaced. I know of three who can help." Artemis said as he looked to Cianán. "Take out his Token, brother. It's time to put in a Triple-S Class Job request. It's also time to meet Lex Justine."

"While you recruit I'm going directly there to buy time and to let out my frustration. Who knows, maybe I can pull a few strings of my own and bring other matrix bearers to help out." Ayumi said as the twins returned to their weapon forms. "Plus you have to understand I'm not just going in half-cocked, I plan ahead." She didn't mention that she saw a massive army fighting stone avatars through the weave. "Room." She said as a translucent blue orb appeared before rapidly expanding to incomprehensible size. "Shambles." She said before disappearing.

Cianán's eyes widened fractionally before he heard rapid beeping before he pulled out the advanced belt buckle, which was flashing rapidly before snapped out two words sharply. "Aeta Zero!"

Almost the moment he did so, a warping of the air spat out a young woman, her dark red armor fractured and cracked as blood trickled from numerous wounds on her body. She tumbled several times before she sprawled on the ground, breathing heavily. She had dual sets of wings, though one wing was clearly fractured in at least two places.

"Shit, talk about a crash and burn." Artemis said before he ran over to the woman that just appeared. He knelt down beside her, hovering his hand over her, saying, "I hope this still works after all this time. I haven't used it in reality, just my astral form. Seikatsu… times 100!"

"Green star shot!" Dora said, adding her magic in to help heal the newly met woman. "The green star focuses on growth of any kind, this includes healing."

Cianán saw her eyes open, noticing they were a deep reddish violet that faded to a crystalline ultramarine ring at the edges of her irises. "Damn, 'Lexis… you look like shit," he commented before she groaned.

"Ugh… I feel like I got turned into a Rancor's chew toy… fuck… and my nanites reserves are next to nothing from regenerating… bloody hell…" she panted before her stomach grumbled loudly.

"Hence why my friend here and I are helping you." Artemis said, his gaze soft despite the intimidating silvery white aura around him that was lightly streaming into Alexis. "Just relax. This should only take a few minutes. Considering how badly you were banged up on landing, this will take a few minutes."

A creaking of metal was heard as a new portal opened. "Dammit, missed her!" An unknown female said, stepping through before a new portal opened and the woman raced through. "Ayumi, you need Help!!!!" She shouted.

"I can passively absorb metal from sources… but I've found it's more effective, surprisingly, when I do what an Iron dragon Slayer does," Alexis said slowly, engulfed in the healing foggy energy.

"She went to Earth because Unicron woke up, Steel Heart." Artemis said through the portal without looking away from Alexis. "She's not in a good mood because of that bastard. Also, it's been a long time."

"Oh crapbaskets!" Was heard before the portals closed.

"Huh she says that too." Boots idly commented.

"No hello back? Now I feel offended." Artemis said with a pout.

"Dude you may not have noticed but she was breathing heavily and was focused on something, probably been chasing that Alicorn around for a while now, probably trying to be the Al of the duo as you called it." Boots said, "her responding means that she did acknowledge you but she's probably more focused on helping her friend than anything."

Cianán took a deep breath. "Believe me, I know the feeling of that. Though I can say that Selina Kyle…" he started before a chill shot up his spine before he spun, his eyes narrowed fractionally. He definitely got the sense of being watched, and not by the Senshi.

He didn't notice the dark furred werecat squatted over one of the archways… as Selina Kyle had gotten the curse that altered Barbara Ann Minerva transferred to herself, freeing the woman. She looked much like she did when under the formula once meant to create animal human hybrids such as the manbat but this was far more detailed actually having her female features be revealed instead of hidden as the formula had done for her. Selena did like the look especially since as a side effect the curse made her look much more appealing to certain bat at least she hoped.

Cianán's ears twitched as he could hear purring. "Hmmm… that purring isn't Cheetah… if anything… it reminds me of Isis, Selina's cat. Now that I think of it… one of those introductions between Diana and Barbara as Cheetah all but claim that her curse that made her what she was couldn't be broken… yet… transference is a possibility. I will admit those times I ran across Selina, not just on the streets, but at those troublesome parties, she was fucking hot," he muttered. He could guess that Barbara would have had enhanced senses, so if the curse were transferred to another, they would likely gain the same.

"Though I do have to wonder, brother… what would the BFG do to Unicron? Considering his known canon size, not much, but if he just awoke, his full body may still remain inactive," he commented to Artemis.

"You want to destroy the literal core of the Earth!" A random pony shouted. "Are you fucking serious!"

This outburst surprised everyone especially since it came from a stallion that had been getting groceries from a stand right by the group. "I'm confused just who are you and how do you know where the chaos bringer resides?" Boots asked, revealing he knew far more than he let on.

"I'm Maximum." The stallion said before they rapidly transformed in a writhing mass of tendrils, revealing a human woman with chocolate brown hair wearing a t-shirt a leather jacket jeans combat boots and a pair of 14 ft wide brown wings with a leading white edge her right arm looks exactly like the devil bringer except for its coloration being white and gold instead of the red and blue that Nero sported. "I've been following you two in this world ever since I accidentally teleported myself here through hell." In a snap of her fingers the other Displaced were wearing a form-fitting version of her jacket. "My token, it works similar to a bag of holding and is far more durable than you would think."

"Could be worse. Could be those bastards trying to purge and 'sacrifice' Earth… or those damn Celestial Seeds," came a wry comment before a chuckle followed. "And from what he recalls of that ain't pretty, Max," a Pegasus mare commented. She had a few scars that were clearly claws as reddish black tendrils engulfed her. Her deep crimson mane and slightly copper skin as well as her deep emerald-aquamarine eyes remained unchanged. She wore a decidedly familiar outfit… her 'Kuoh Academy' garb.

Cianán's eyes widened fractionally, recognizing her immediately. "Damn. Rias Gremory. Etrigan spoke of you quite often," he commented. He blinked as he found himself sprawled on his back, confused, unaware Rias was straddling him in a decidedly suggestive way.

"You know Uncle Etrigan?" she chirped cheerfully. His eyes widened at that before he noticed she, too, had a Devil Bringer.

—

Meanwhile on Earth…

Ayumi appeared in a lifeless canyon. Looking around for a moment before she stomped her hoof on the ground, sending a pulse of her unique mixture of powers directly to the god of darkness at the planet's core. In response to the unspoken challenge to his divine role, Unicron put more effort than usual into crafting the avatar he would respond with just as Ayumi had planned.

"You dare challenge me?!" He said as a transformium Avatar burst from the ground. "You are not my match but I'll humor you with a show of my power."

"Bring it, you scraplet!" Ayumi said as she burst forth, her speed creating fire and shockwaves as she punched the godly avatar in the chest knocking him into the far wall of the canyon. "Since this isn't your real body, I won't hold back!" She was suddenly in front of the avatar, rapidly punching the body with thousands of blows a second utterly shattering the thing. "Consecutive normal hakai punches." She said calmly. "I know earth has far stronger metals to craft your avatar out of, scraplet. Give me a fair challenge or you soon won't exist."

—

Back with the group…

"Mark," Max said addressing Rias "these idiots want to try using the BFG on Unicron!"

Rias blinked before her eyes narrowed. "You really are idiots. Unicron is essentially a sentient darkness within the core of the Earth. The only way he can normally escape is if the core of the planet has an instability or something or someone uses themselves as a host for his essence," she grumbled. "And being that humans don't know he exists, they aren't going to do it, and Cybertronians aren't stupid enough to do so, Primes especially," she said dryly.

"Two words: Prime Starscream." Boots said in reply. "When he dies Unicron will have a new body to control considering anyone who has used his dark energon is connected to his anti-spark."

Rias rolled her eyes. "So most aren't stupid enough to connect to the bastard, knowing that doing so may give power in life, but damns you even after death into being little more than a puppet," she amended. "Ugh… too much like those fucking Black Rings," she grumbled.

"That is probably why he's awake now… Screamy probably kicked the bucket while searching for Megs." Max said. "It would be the most likely scenario. But how would he be in the Earth's core again if his anti-spark was trapped in the reliquary of the Primes that housed the AllSpark?"

"Hmmm… unless this ain't the same Unicron that got sealed. Multiverse within an Omniverse, remember? And the fact that those Void Dweller 'Merchants' tend to Displace people so often, some with dramatically different pasts, it stands to reason that the multiverse theory ain't just likely, but all but a certainty," Rias commented, her vocal cadence shifting subtly. Her eyes narrowed. "And if I find her.. she's gonna have reason to fear. I don't give a damn how many resources she has access to," she growled.

—

Earth's upper atmosphere…

Thor watched the fight between two Gods from far above, at first ignoring the challenge since it wasn't directed at him but becoming intrigued when he felt his own lightning coming from the area where they were fighting now he and a few other gods including Diana, Metron and surprisingly Kratos were observing the fight watching as the smaller mare continuously destroyed each avatar Unicron made hundreds littering the landscape already. "This is very interesting. She fights as if she is dancing. She uses all of our powers and more while those weapons of hers remind me of yours." Thor said to Kratos.

"I believe they are one of my three versions of these," the visiting God of war stated "The blades of exile most likely considering that they've taken a new form as she wields them." Kratos had followed Raiden from the realms of Mortal Kombat sometime ago to visit a more sane version of Thor than the mad God Tyr he knew of. "She definitely fights like a Spartan."

On the ground Ayumi was smiling, truly enjoying herself in beating down the god of darkness. Every time an avatar rose up she destroyed it within moments yet the chaos bringer would spawn another, each slightly stronger and more durable than the last. Sometimes she even felt something different than transformium meet one of her blows. "I hate to ask but are you enjoying this battle just as much as me?" She said as another avatar formed.

"I'll admit I am." Unicron said rattling in the fight realizing that this fleshling truly was worthy to challenge him. "Truly only my twin brother Primus has given me such a challenge but you will not last forever since you are flesh, you have stamina limits whereas I can draw upon everything of this world to fight you!"

"We'll see about that considering I know you're drawing upon other elements to craft a body that will truly last longer than a few moments." Ayumi said as she sliced the current avatar in half while dancing around one of his dark energon blades. "After all, I felt some vibranium in those last few avatars."

"It is not like I was hiding it, in fact you were the one to suggest I do so." He said as another avatar burst from the ground. "I am just happy you're allowing me to do so. With the raw power behind each strike I sense that you could truly just crack this planet open and destroy me easily yet you do not."

"I'll admit I have a soft spot for the planet that formed around you and I know that it wouldn't be that easy to truly defeat you as your body is not refined energon but extra planar metal." Ayumi declared while shocking that avatar with lightning. "So I'm going to fight you as you are now. Hope that doesn't disappoint."

—

Back in Equestria…

"Are you going to explain why you know so much, Boots?" Dora asked. "I know you spent some time following the player throughout his internet searches as his assistant so that could be it but seems like this is something more."

"One of his internet searches was looking specifically into inspirations for me and we both found something interesting in the process." Boots began cryptically. "I was originally supposed to be a monkey and that's all I was supposed to be, not a gorilla with a tail. That means I'm not like any version of Boots from any other of the multiple copies of our game. When we dug deeper we found something even more interesting that changed my outlook and taught me what I know about sword wielding to teach you."

"Huh." Max said, finally recognizing the voice Boots was speaking with. "Boss Monkey?"

Cianán blinked. "Does the name 'Hiruzen Sarutobi' mean anything to ya? There's only one Boss Monkey I recall… " he commented. "Monkey King Enma who was partners with Sarutobi-jiji," he heard a whisper in his mind.

"Optimus Primal: Maximize!" Boots shouted as his form shifted to a metallic blue and orange ape 12 ft tall. This form rapidly transitioned in a twisting of metal and gears to a bipedal robot around 15 ft tall. "I'm surprised someone else knows the nickname my crew gave me." The Maximal leader said.

"While I am a version of Optimus Primal I come from a timeline where I gained this form by holding the Matrix of Leadership which I still continue to hold. I'll join you in fighting the Chaosbringer."

"Whoa." Dora said surprised that her life long friend was actually a techno-organic robot. "Boots?"

"I'm still your friend Dora. I'm just different than I was before I learned this. For some time I was recruited to fight the Chaosbringer in other worlds; this is just an extension of that duty." Optimal Optimus said.

"Huh, never thought I'd get to meet you in person, Primal." Artemis said, looking at Optimal Optimus in complete awe. "So it's true what Airazor said? That my Prime told you and the Maximals what was going on and told you guys about me before I arrived?"

Cianán's ears twitched as he just caught a purring sigh before he let his eyes drift closed before he moved, unaware he moved swiftly, but left an almost bluish white trail of Speed Force lightning before he opened his eyes to see a dark furred werecat squatted with her back to him, her head turning as if searching for something. "Selina," he commented, amused as she jumped at his voice.

"Nope that would be a different version of me." Primal said. "I've grown up with Dora my whole life. A fun fact about the beast upgrade is that it allows us to grow in organic forms similar to how a human would grow. During the time after I stopped being the player's research assistant I was recruited and taught everything about who I truly am then I returned to Dora once gaining my optimal form. I began teaching her how to sword fight with the twin blades from my time in my first form."

"I'm not joining in your fight against a dark God." Selina said "We've already done that once with Darkseid and I nearly died. Even with this upgrade I'm not risking my life, not until I know for sure what Bruce feels about me."

"And knowing him, he would probably label Cianán as a threat because of the Omega Sanction." Artemis said. "Even though technically, it wasn't his fault he got it, as from the story he told me, it sounded like it was a fluke. And no one, not even Cianán, could figure out how that happened."

"Though if I'm lucky, I won't face Darkseid again until I master not only what I absorbed from him… but this damn White Ring. Besides… I lost my legs from about mid-thigh down thanks to whatever the fuck happened between Darkseid and I… fucking Parademons," he said with a shiver. "And Selina… I have no intention of asking you to get involved. If anything, I wanted to do three things the next time I saw you," he continued wryly. He knew that would get her attention and curiosity.

"Oh?" The cat asked. "Like what?"

A small smirk crossed his face. "One, I wanted to thank you, considering Huntress, being rather reckless with her crossbows, damn near turned my ass into a pincushion and you prevented that. Two and three are a bit easier to show than tell, honestly… though I doubt Bruce would do what I have in mind: to pamper you like a Princess, 'cause honestly, you look hotter than ever," Cianán commented as he stepped close to her, restraining the urge to hug her. Whereas Bruce might act ignorant or even outright ignore Selina's teasing, Cianán, though he didn't often work Gotham's streets, he most certainly noticed when she roamed about. He blinked as he could hear Vera and Lotus cooing in his mind even as Sunset was snickering.

"I'm sorry truly I am but ever since the marriage failed I cannot truly open my heart to another and Bruce he still has what little of my heart that I'm willing to give." Selena said acknowledging that she would love to be with someone who actually appreciates her more than just the occasional fling but in accepting this curse she had seen a few timeline that showed that Bruce truly loved her just as much as he loved Talia, considering in those timelines Damian was her son instead of Talia's. "If Bruce does truly break it off with me instead of this wishy-washy will he won't he that he's been doing ever since. Then I will most definitely give you what little I am willing to but until then I have to know exactly why neither of us could find happiness with each other."

Cianán chuckled before he hugged her impulsively. "If there's one thing I know, the bonds we choose as our family tend to be a hell of a lot stronger than the ones of the blood flowing in our veins, so I can understand. Trust me, having that perverted idjit as a 'brother'," he commented, flicking a thumb at Artemis, who muttered 'Fuck ye too, ye bloody cunt', "is damn near the only thing that kept my sanity sometimes before… well… let's just say that I know how fucked life can be," he commented with a shrug. It was then that he felt an intense burning surge through his body, unaware that the particular form of Extremis used to regenerate his legs… was derived from a particular very dangerous Darwinian obsessed Egyptian mutant's technology.

"Uh you do know the whole situation around polygamy on this planet don't you?" Dora said approaching the two glowing purple from the purple star which gave power over time and gravity/space allowing her to keep up with speed force users since the star itself used the speed force to control these powers. "Besides, you need to at least branch out and don't let resentfulness get to you since it was you who broke off the marriage in the first place."

Something in Selena made her want to accept Cianán and his offer but her heart aches for Bruce. 'What is wrong with me?!' she thought as that urge continued to grow moment by moment. "That may be true but I…" she started before something inside her snapped and she just stood blankly.

Cianán was on one knee as his eyes were narrowed as he could feel a malicious intent trying to subvert his thoughts before his eyes widened before his fist clenched as he turned before his fist lashed out, a loud, echoing crash like shattering glass sounding before he pushed off, shoulder blocking the bulkier mutant who stumbled back, but only smirked in response. "I should have realized that mentioning you earlier was invoking Murphy's Law… En Namah Sur… or do you prefer your other name… Apocalypse?" He growled.

"Quite impressive that you are resistant to my psionic powers even at close range. And I actually felt those blows, more impressive. You could be a strong Horseman of mine," he offered.

Cianán eyebrow twitched upward at Apocalypse's comment. "No. I wouldn't do that regardless of whatever gains I'd get. Besides, I suspect I can think of an entity that even you don't want to be under the thumb of… Darkseid. Though I have no idea how the ever-lovin' fuck I stripped the Omega Sanction from him and didn't burn alive from within. I mean… that is literal god level power," he sighed.

"That and if you want to take over this world, Apocalypse, you'll have to go through an entire UNIVERSE full of heroes, including me." Artemis said, having transformed into his 30-foot Battle Form Armor and pointing his Ion Blaster at Apocalypse.

He almost missed the mild look of surprise from the ancient mutant before he hummed. "If that were my intent, do you think I would have purposely sent a weakened form of my techno-organic virus you would know as Extremis to Earth? Please. Do not belittle my intelligence nor your own. It should be obvious," he deadpanned.

"So what're you saying? You're trying to help us?" Artemis deadpanned like the Terminator, his Ion Blaster still pointed at Apocalypse. "Considering your own record, so to speak, how are we supposed to trust you?"

"Wait… think about it. If he's the 'canon' En Namah Sur, he'd have no interest in assisting anyone whatsoever… unless you're not. You're like Artemis and I, aren't you? You're a Displaced but in the form of him," Cianán deadpanned dryly, his eyes narrowing. "And I'd wager you gained some aspects of his memories and personality… that must be a bitch," he deadpanned.

"You have no idea. He keeps grumbling about how weak everyone is and how we should purge them," Apocalypse sighed.

"Actually there is a Canon version of Apocalypse that would help people." Optimal Optimus said. "You're based on Apocalypse from Life 9 of House of 10 aren't you? He certainly helped out in life 10."

Apocalypse shrugged in reply. "Dunno. Never read any comics about him, though I do recall the Evolution version of him," he deadpanned.

—

Back on Earth…

The Divine challenge had been going on for a good long while at this point. Unicron and Ayumi were quite aware of the Divine beings watching them, Raiden, Fujin, fire god Liu Kang Spawn and even Hellboy having joined in. All of them suddenly felt a ripple pass through the fabric of SpaceTime.

"You felt that too didn't you?" Ayumi asked, pausing momentarily after feeling the ripple.

"That I did, someone has just invoked Murphy's Law which may interfere with our battle, are you willing to put pause on our fight until I craft an avatar strong enough to possibly match you with my full focus." Unicron requested, concerned with the nature of what had just been set in motion inadvertently.

"Very well but I will be monitoring the progress myself to make sure that you aren't trying to pull a fast one. You may be an honorable version of yourself but you still are a god of darkness and the bringer of chaos." Ayumi said to the Avatar which quickly collapsed.

"This version of the chaos bringer as she said is quite honorable, then again he was always a warrior even when merged as he originally was." Diana said. "To think that he shares a similar origin to the anti monitor and monitor. Once a whole being split in two upon entering the physical multiverse instead of becoming two individual beings, copies of each with slight variances being the only difference."

—

On Equis…

Cianán's teeth were gritted as he could feel the techno-organic virus within Extremis trying to convert his body before he blinked as he had an idea. "If I still have it…" he muttered hoarsely as a point flared a hot golden yellow between his shoulder blades as he could feel the Mind Stone shifting in position, not seeing the metallic grayish black choker of segmented metal form that looked to be formed from dozens of scales no larger than 1/128th of an inch in width around his throat with a hexagonal gemstone at its forefront… the Mind Stone itself.

He breathed heavily as his head was pounding from the focus and strain. "Damn… that left me feeling like Diana was using my head as a speed bag. Damn… wonder what she's doing now. Her, as well as a couple of others," he muttered. He exhaled softly as he saw Selina's tattered outfit and the fact she was swaying slightly. He carefully picked her up in his arms, not realizing his body was now standing just shy of 6'4" tall and broad shouldered as well as packed with slim yet powerful muscle.

He took a deep breath as he carried her inside, not noticing that Sunset, as well as Makoto, who happened to be sitting gingerly on a stool as her hair, which fell to just shy of her lower back, was washed by her near genius IQ friend, as well as Setsuna, Haruka, Luminara, and Michiru saw him. He was unaware his body was radiating intoxicating pheromones as he carefully got Selina's tattered clothes off.

"She looks like she needs something to eat and wear after she bathes," Rarity commented, watching him strip off her tattered clothes.

"Not sure why she all but went catatonic, but I doubt she'd mind if I get the sand outta her fur and give her a bit of pampering as well. After all… you did so for me," Cianán quipped teasingly as his armor opened, not unlike a certain philanthropist's armor.

"Leave me bare" Selena said, startling everyone. "To tell the truth, wearing anything has been rather uncomfortable but I maintained modesty as long as I could." The cursed woman started stretching her limbs out. "What just happened was that I had a discussion with a godly being or that's what I could tell."

"That's actually you would be guardian protector of a certain country." A female voice said as the oni girl approached. "Haki can do alot when utilized properly you can thank our purple pony friend for teaching me how to use it in my zoan's inherent magic for telepathy."

"Ok just how many of us are going to show up!" Max shouted irritated that so many off-worlders were being drawn to this one place. "It's like our authors are assembling an army!"

"You might be surprised, but from what my Lord saw upon arriving here due to our Tsukasa Kadoya's unfortunate demise, it appears that multiple timelines seem to be tangled up in this one world. How it will untangle as well as its cause is unknown," Woz commented, his eyes closed as to not invade the privacy of the women enjoying the bathing area as well as the hot springs.

Alexis winced as she stretched, her dual sets of wings rustling in agitation. "Can't be worse than the mess I've had as of late. My older brothers and my father have been pushing me hard to master my Devil Trigger as well as awaken my own Sin Devil Trigger, it's evolved form," she commented wryly as she exhaled. "And though it's true that my aunt took me in, my mothers are still under Sigma's thumb… ugh… it's frustrating," she said with a grimace.

Rias hummed, her eyes almost closed as a dark haired, lightly muscled male was washing her hair, her partner and counterpart, Mark. "Trust me, it hasn't been easy for us as we've had trouble with Umbrella… and a certain dick blonde asshole," Mark commented wryly.

"And Wesker is almost as troublesome as Riser's whining about being small enough to fit in a pocket. On the upside, we did find Akeno and Kiba," Rias commented with a chuckle.

"And trust me, she's just as hot as the manga and anime imply. I have to wonder if Koneko is just as much of a snuggler," Mark quipped innocently before Rias smacked him without looking.

"I still can't believe the two of you got separated!" Max said. "So your mine, Nero's, Rias', and Mark's interdimensional aunt. Do you mind if I give you a hug Alexis? Also if you're wondering how I have fourth wall awareness so easily, part of being Maximum is being compelled to write down their experiences and send them off to other people to be written about in books so that kind of implies an author's sense of world building including the fourth wall."

Alexis shrugged. "Turns out that my demon sword contained my father… oh, and I merged with an eleven thousand year old assassin and I have a rather… well… let's just say she's rather unstable at best, outright homicidal at worst… half Edenian-Tarkatan hybrid as what amounts to a slave," she commented as she tapped her temple, a ruby and gold ring on her middle finger, the gemstone holding a swirling fog of crimson.

"And when I said 'mothers' I meant it literally… both Nightmare Moon and Princess Luna are my mothers as they're twins… one specializes in Spiritual and Assault Magic, the other in Dream and Elemental Magic… which the Dream side I'm kinda fumbling my way through figuring it out… the Elemental side… well… I'm pretty decent, though I wouldn't say I've mastered it as it's always evolving, wouldn't you agree?" she commented wryly.

Yamato suddenly burst out laughing. "So basically you have the same origin as my girlfriend! Ayumi has the same family deal as you, only Discord is her father along with Velvet and Night Light being her biological parents as well. She told me that Sparda adopted her when she found her way to his world different from yours, a primarily human-based world as she called it." The oni woman continued chuckling. "You know once she gets back here she's going to hug all of you. She somehow copied Luffy's stretching abilities so yes she'll be able to do that all at once."

"Most likely the ones known to the 'games' which my brothers did confirm were true and in their past. Though what's really a pain in the ass is that we've, on top of dealing with Sigma's omnicidal nature… a Demonic Chrysalis tainted by the Necronomicon Ex Mortis is back home… though it seems that my Zanpakutō has a very violent and acidic effect to undead like Deadites. Whether that expands to other Demonkyn, I haven't tested," Alexis sighed.

"Eh Gramps in my world turned out to be from the soul society confirming that he and Eva did die. But due to their nature in the fact that Ava was a fullbringer before death they became incredibly powerful soul reapers and rejoined the land of the living in Gigais" Max said. "You know what's funny? Ever since going to hell Ichigo has had a devil trigger along with his hollowfication same with Gramps and me. Aizen was surprised when he learned that activating your devil trigger naturally causes your qualification to be utterly subsumed and controlled.

And that's not even getting into freaking Instar and that crap that I had to deal with surrounding her, the bitch still lives no thanks to freaking Umbrella. But that's a story for another day."

"Making a reference, Ms. Martinez?" Optimus said. "For shame he hasn't even started that one yet!"

"Bite my shiny metal ass you overgrown toaster. I was referencing the actual series, not The story based on it!" Max shouted "besides I already have the armor so I could use it to do a spin-off if I so chose!"

"Uh," Yamato commented staring at the mutant bird kid and cybertronian ape in confusion "any of you understand that little exchange cuz I'm kind of in the dark here I know the fourth wall and some concepts around it so I get that part but with everything else I'm lost."

"Not really as it's about as understandable as Pinkie or Rose, but I get the sense we all have our own shit to deal with. And trust me… if Aizen tries anything with invading my world," Alexis commented with a slight smirk as her hand rose to her shoulder as her irises glowed a deep reddish purple, glowing with miniscule gleams like stars. "He's gonna find a nasty surprise," she commented.

"The funniest thing about all that was that Virgil had to fight Aizen for his chair." Max said "it turns out he can summon the smaller version of his throne even without the tree still being around and for a while Aizen thought that that was what gave him his overwhelming power considering the chair he used to be suppressed by."

"For those unaware of the fact." Dora said "my world is directly interacted by a player through the fourth wall as it originated as a video game and TV series literally based one-to-one on the same game, the robot ape over there is actually my friend Boots in a new form so we both have always been aware of the fourth wall. That awareness in and of itself gives you a superpower of sorts being able to interact and understand things outside of your own universe and even multiversal barrier not everyone can interact as directly as others when they have fourth wall awareness but those of us that have interacted with the fourth wall for the longest tend to be able to shatter it not just break it."

"Multi-dimensional concepts give me a headache if Frankie was here he would honestly probably understand that even better than I can but at least I get the basic gist the longer you interact with the fourth wall the more aware you are of things past that you can more directly interact with beings past it as well." Yamato said. "By the way, where's me in sword form? Still with Virgil?"

"A few of us have actual copies of it." Max said. "My world's main version actually is a demon sword just like Dante and it's been renamed the demon sword Virgil for that very reason."

Alexis' hand flicked out as deep indigo flames ignited before she held a double edged katana with a ring on the end of the hilt. "Aèvìternus," she said quietly.

"Think there's enough of us to take down the Chaos Bringer?" Dora said using Unicron's title. "Ayumi did hint that there would be a couple of more bearers of the Matrix of Leadership, we have Boots here and you too Artemis but that's only two."

"She's probably already on Earth and is racing towards the battlefield." Max said, thinking of her friend Nova. "Like Ayumi she tends to rush at the enemy in craized bloodlust tempered by an analytical mind and a warrior's experience. Though I wonder if a certain Cybertronian Knight might show up as well all things considered."

Cianán hummed as he saturated Selina's fur before he added body wash to it before working it into a rich, fragrant lather. "The real question is, if Ayumi didn't wake that version of Unicron and Metallia didn't, what did wake him to active action? I have a gut feeling that Starscream isn't the only factor… there's something we're not yet aware of involved, I'm sure of that… not to mention the fact I know Brainiac is out there somewhere," he commented. Not to mention Darkseid… whom is likely aiming to rip my head off given the first opportunity… though I wouldn't put it past him to go all 'Apokalips War' on us… that was a movie where he really fucked up the DC universe… in fact, I'm pretty sure one of the few that came through relatively intact was Rachel… he sighed, thinking of Raven of the 'Teen Titans' turned 'New Titans'. He knew that many superheroes didn't survive the Apokalips War… Zatanna being one.

Suddenly the ripple in reality occurred again alerting everyone. This time the sensation wasn't just metaphysical since it caused small objects to shake.

Cianán dropped to one knee, suds covering his hands and forearms as he felt a painful burning resonance. "He's trying to break through…" he groaned.
—

Back on Earth…

On Earth, the observing deities felt the ripple again while also seeing the visible effects it caused.

"This doesn't bode well," Kratos said "whoever this is is pushing the limits of luck and fate another one like that and whatever is trying to get in will succeed!"

"Not what but who," a grim voice commented. The speaker seemed to be made of golden white metal with dark grayish white pants and dark gray hair. His irises were a deep coppery red and, rather than having one set of arms, he had three. His gaze shifted to the world he knew as Gaea. It was the demigod turned primordial Asura.

"I have arrived!" Unicron's voice rang out but not from the earth. "You are weak, my counterpart, honoring rules and being a warrior!" Suddenly the Unicron Avatar that had been forming fell apart and that same voice screams in unending pain.

"I would suspect that we could turn Unicron on him," Asura commented. "You do know that there are darker and more corrupt deities than you, Unicron. A certain Apokaliptian 'deity' is one whom even you would not desire active, hmm?" he deadpanned.

"True, but in these dark times, Unicron, my brother, we have to work together against Darkseid." A booming voice rang out as a large orb of pulsing white light appeared among the deities assembled.

Asura's head tilted as he saw Raiden turn and notice him. What few knew was that known deities in mythology and media were 'shadows' of the true deities. Some were closer to their true counterparts, others further away. Some crept closer swiftly, others taking hundreds if not millions of years for their 'shadows' to channel more of their true power. His gaze shifted to Primus, noting he was even above himself. True, in his own universe, he was a Primordial, but compared to Primus, he might as well be a toddler compared to a full grown adult. As well as compared to an ant to a mountain as far as power.

"Your brother is dead and my master approaches glory to Darkseid!" The voice of Unicron from space said.

"MOTHERFUCKER!" Ayumi shouted as her body began sparking in black and white lightning as her Ryo aura began to resemble fire. The Alicorn blew past the assembled observers as a dark orb moved out from behind the moon. "WE WERE HAVING FUN!!! I'LL END YOU!!!" In her rage Ayumi threw her gunblades away to float in the microgravity and her arms rapidly expanded and were covered in shiny black Amament Haki similar to a certain rubber Sun God. "SERIOUS HARMONIC DRAGON GATLING!!!" she roared through the void as she threw dragon sized punches at sublight speeds making it look like millions of her fists were striking the unliving metal moon at once. "DIE!!!!!!!"

"You're thinking what I'm thinking, aren't you? Darkseid has tapped into one of those necromantic realities and is using it to augment his decreased power," Asura commented grimly to both Kratos and Raiden.

The two nodded seeing the destruction that Ayumi was causing.

—

Back on Equis…

"Jesus Christ, Primus damn it!" Artemis exclaimed, feeling the ripple in reality. And even though he never met him, he could feel who it was. "Brother, I never met him like you did, but I feel that energy. It's that fucking Apokaliptian teme, isn't it?"

Cianán's eyes narrowed as he took a deep breath. He paused, his head tilting. "He must have a multiversal window… and something or someone feeding him power to augment what I took from him… yet the only world I know of for certain that would have access to such a thing would be the Earth the Justice Lords called home. And if half the comics are true, then that world's pretty well fucked but not dead. Though…" he paused before he spoke, "there are worlds in both the Marvel Multiverse as well as the DC Multiverse that are, technically 'dead'," he commented with narrowed eyes.

"A Dead Universe you say?" Primal said, visibly uncomfortable. "There's one powerful universe in the Cybertronian multiverse that goes by that exact name. Multiple versions of Unicron have used the power of this universe to travel space and time, almost recreating his singularity form. I believe that is the universe that Darkseid is using for power."

"SLAG IT ALL!" Artemis screamed, going straight to his pony form of Super Saiyan 3 instantaneously. "This world is not ready to fight the likes of him… at all! But I will be going after him myself for what he did to Predator. I was hoping to meet him, only for that bastard to take that chance away. He's not going to get away with it. Not while I still function." Artemis put his right middle and index fingers to his forehead and, in the blink of an eye, disappeared in a blur of motion.

—

Darkseid's Unicronian Moon…

Artemis appeared out of the blue on a desolate landscape, completely in darkness. But thanks to his thermal vision, he could see just fine. He tuned his circuitry to sense for Ayumi and stood in silence until he felt a strong pinging off of his radar. He looked to the Moon's eastern horizon.

Hang on, Ayumi. Help is on the way. You're not the only one with a grudge against Darkseid's arse. Artemis said to Ayumi telepathically before he unconsciously activated a power alongside his Super Saiyan aura that had long been dormant within his body since becoming a Cybertronian: the God of Destruction Hakai. After he activated the Hakai, though subconsciously, he took to the air and flew towards where Ayumi was fighting the Darkseid-controlled Unicron avatars.

—

With Ayumi on Darkseid's Unicronian Moon…

After a few minutes of assault on the larger body of the Dead Unicron Ayumi had broken off large chunks of the extra planar metal not realizing that this is exactly how Primus first created his own Cybertronians and other versions of Unicron created the minicons. Thinking she had done significant damage she slowed her assault for a moment. In this moment she suddenly got struck in the back by a newly formed Avatar consisting of the debris broken off in the fight.

"So instead of just transforming I hindered you enough to force you into using avatars!" Ayumi said an evil grin on her face at the prospect that she damaged the outer body enough to keep the large extra planar transformer from utilizing his T-Cog. Summoning her gunblades back to her hands with ghostly chains of energy her grin grew wild as she knew that these were opponents strong enough to last a decent amount of time against her if they were numerous enough that that wasn't the only threat which made her even more happy to take them down. "Bring it on you scraplet!"

"You mind if I get in on this, Ayumi?" Artemis said as he flew in, his Super Saiyan 3 aura mixed with the God of Destruction energy. "He took someone important from me and someone else. So I'm not taking 'no' for an answer." He tagged Darkseid in the face of his avatar. He then proceeded to power up the signature move of one of his other childhood heroes, but mixed with the God of Destruction Hakai. "Hakai Solar Kaaaaa… Meeeee… Haaaaa… Meeeee…" Artemis then thrust his hands forward as he screamed, "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The blast raced towards the Pluto size planetoid some of its energy being dissipated by encountering the the respawned avatars but only partially, once it was about a hundred feet from the surface of the planetoid's tallest outcropping it stopped revealing that because Ayumi was using haki infused punches she was able to bypass the defensive barrier but normal plasma-based attacks such as the Kamehameha in any of the Cybertronian weapons available to Artemis were useless at the moment.

"Damn, sometimes I forget Haki can bypass any defense." Ayumi said about the defensive barrier. "Try infusing your god of destruction energy into your next attack. It should be able to do the exact same thing!"

"How do I do that?" Artemis asked. "I didn't even know I could still use this power. It was a subconscious deal when it activated itself. So how do I do that?"

"Not sure the shows never really explained what God Ki feels like in relation to normal Ki." Ayumi said. "While I also have the ability to use it, I've never activated it because I don't want to risk destroying something that I don't intend to."

"I'll give it a try. Hakai!" Artemis yelled, the destruction energy flaring around him more than his Super Saiyan aura though he remained in Super Saiyan 3 form. Then Artemis put both of his hands out to his sides, palms opened, and began to gather his purple-tinged golden energy in both hands. "Hakai Final…" Then he cupped both hands in front of him horizontally and screamed, "FLAAAAAAAAAAAASH!" A massive purple-tinged yellow blast of energy mixed with his God of Destruction energy flew towards Unicron's moon body, before it hit the surface and detonated upon impact.

"Damn Artie didn't think you had that much destruction energy." Ayumi said. "Still that isn't going to be enough. I think Unicron here is only a herald of Darkseid, kind of like how Galactus was a herald of the Black Winter plus he's pretty much like Cell, you have to eradicate all of him to get rid of him. And there's still his counterpart inside the planet that he seemed to take control of."

"Slag, that's gonna be tough." Artemis said, a slight smirk crossing his face. "I think I'm beginning to understand what Goku felt when he encountered a tough and strong opponent. And this certainly fits the bill."

"I'm sure, gaki," a far too familiar voice drawled. A bipedal purple skinned feline anthro female Sphinx stared at them both.

A blue skinned, white haired male hovered nearby, a faint smile on his face. "I must admit that I'm curious how exactly you called me, young man," the Angel commented wryly, as next to him hovered Cianán with an uncomfortable look.

"Honestly, I don't know. I could feel Ki Energy in that serum that I swiped from Brainiac's ship… but if I remember correctly, only Lord Beerus can call you Whis. And I'd wager you would be able to tell what was in that serum, too," Cianán said slowly before he winced as he could feel something within him. He had, however, noticed that the White Ring had disintegrated, though he clearly recalled inhaling the dust of it. He could feel the energy of whatever it was within the serum settling within him.

"Do you have it?" Whis commented as he turned to face him. He blinked as he saw the vial. "Hmm. That is certainly Coluan tech," he commented.

"Curious. I have to wonder how he created this, as it has samples of Ki from numerous fighters we know well," Whis commented.

Cianán's eyes widened slightly before narrowing. "Ugh… as long as I don't end up like that biomechanical wet fart named after an amoeba," he grumbled.

Tell me about it, brother. Artemis said over the link. I don't give a damn, if he shows up, I'm Hakai'ing his biomechanical ass to the Void and let Primus be his judge.

Call it a feeling, but I suspect we're gonna have a shitload of training. If Beerus ain't behind it, I wouldn't put it past them to find a way to pull certain Fighters here, even temporarily, Cianán deadpanned dryly in return. He didn't say that he very much suspected that one of the Ki samples was from Beerus himself. And ‘Coluan’… that's Brainiac's species, he muttered cautiously. He hadn't yet realized that the Beerus of this particular universe was female rather than male.

"The only version of him I refuse to fight is the one that has Miata and Chondria as its children." Ayumi said knowing about the hug bug that was 21. "Or any like them understand?!"

Cianán cocked an eyebrow. "You talking about Beerus, or Whis? 'Cause if half of what I know of them is true, either one in a fight would be scary enough, much less anyone strong enough to force one, or gods forbid, both of them, to actually get serious. Though if I'm honest, there's more than just food that could be interesting and exciting about Earth. Hell, I'm almost certain that more than a few of a certain pair of Leagues have certain common secrets that they may not realize they have," he commented wryly.

He suspected that might interest them, though he had to admit that a certain 'Princess of Assassins' had let her guard down, likely unaware that the one behind that particular style of music…. was himself. He'd found with some surprise that certain bands he was very familiar with had never existed. So, he used his memories of their music to effectively recreate it… though he'd overheard more than a few arguments amongst the Amazons about guilty pleasures and, one had suspected that some of the artists had been connected by more than their genre of music. Unknown to the others, she was far closer to the truth than even she knew.

"I meant the version of Cell that has been pioneered by a certain YouTuber where they were renamed Android 21. The same guy who voices Goku in Team Four Star made a "what if" story on if Cell turned good." Ayumi said. "Like me, that version of Cell loves hugs and has a couple of kids. We meet him we DO NOT attack, got it?!"

"If they attack us, no guarantees. If they don't… kinda obvious, ya ken?" Cianán drawled, a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he felt the energy bubbling deep in his gut.

"I gave the warning because he usually runs up to hug people which can be misconstrued as an attack especially since he looks like Perfect Cell wearing a Piccolo Gi." Ayumi said as she looked over the regenerating planetoid in front of the group. "So you think we've given him enough time to fix himself? I seriously want to fight a planet sized robot with my own gigantic fists!"

"I'm down for that." Artemis said, his Destruction Hakai visibly poured off of his Super Saiyan aura. "I want to see what I can do with this power now that I'm aware of it. But I'm not like Goku where I'll let it get to my head. I know my limits. But I owe that teme Darkseid one for taking Predator from me and Kara." Artemis then punched his right fist into his left palm. "It's time for payback."

Cianán inhaled slowly before exhaling as a low growl escaped him as he felt his body suffused with power. Unknown to him, he shifted from nothing to SS5.

"Going for max huh?" Ayumi said as Unicron began shifting, transforming into its larger planet-sized robotic form.

"It doesn't feel like my maximum… feels more like releasing a muscle… pretty sure I can go higher, but I'm going to see what this 'herald of Ol' Rockface' can do… considering I faced his master already," Cianán commented wryly. His irises were a pale coppery gold. He couldn't quite explain the feeling he was getting, as if he wasn't alone. He could almost see in his mind's eye the Fighters whom he'd absorbed Ki from. A Namekian as well as no less than four pureblooded Saiyans… two male, two female. His head cocked ever so slightly at a low snort in his mind. He tilted his head as he saw the hairstyles of the males, recognizing them, but not really focused on communicating with them.

"We'll talk later, kid. You have something else to focus on," he heard a slightly gruff voice comment in his mind. Of course, he recognized Piccolo's voice immediately. However, the Namekian was right.

The giant that was Unicron and finally finished transforming revealing it to be familiar yet unknown to each of the people battling it. "You shall know evil. Glory to DARKSEID!" It said once its face was formed.

"As much as I hate to admit it, his look is pretty metal." Ayumi commented before her aura changed from resembling flames with a purple hue to actual black fire as her body was engulfed. "But looks don't stop me from taking you out!"

"What did he say? 'Glory to Dickseid' was what it sounded like, 'cause that's one 'New God' who's certainly a dick," Cianán quipped innocently, his aura manifesting as a silver flame edged with deep crimson-indigo. Arcs of black edged silvery Speed Force lightning, supercharged with Ki, flickered over his body. "But I'm going to shove a supermassive black hole right up his exhaust port," he growled.

"Not before I unleash my rage on him!" Ayumi said as her aura of black fire quickly transformed into the shape of a legless wyvern which rapidly begin approaching the miles high transformer. The fiery aura reshape itself once again as she stopped in front of Unicron's face the flames began coalescing in between her extended gun blades merging with the weapons to form a massive version of the dark saber. "Killer move, serious series haki style!" She said as she quickly brought down the massive blade of black plasma launching the concentrated fire directly at the transformer's right eye. "BLACK RAGNAROK!!!" As the blade of concentrated fire impacted unicron's eye it cut deep into the extra planar metal before detonating into a black hole carving out a massive chunk in the undead beast's cranium.

"Your turn!" Ayumi said as she backed away from the now thrashing transformer.

"Kurai Eikyõ Makanosappō," Cianán's voice was low as he focused a blast of brilliant pale lavender Ki which coiled around a dark violet blast which ate deep into Unicron's chest before the combined energies detonated like a bomb with the force of several thousand megatons. Unknown to him, the dark violet Ki… was a Ki energy that caught Beerus' and Whis' attention immediately… for it was the Hakai.

"Don't forget about me. Hakai!" Artemis said, appearing out of the blue, his Destruction Hakai still prominent. He got into the Kame Style stance as he chants, "Hakai Solar… Final… Big Bang… Galick… Kaaaaa… Meeeee… Haaaaa… Meeeee…" Artemis then thrust his hands forward as he screamed, "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The blast flew towards the center of Unicron's chest plate and, upon impact, detonated in a huge explosion, taking out a big chunk of his chest plate.

"You shall die!" A new female voice said as all over Unicron large cuts looking like shattered glass appeared before in a flash of golden light Max reappeared next to Ayumi sheathng the demon sword Virgil after performing Virgil's signature move. Once the blade was sheathed a sound not unlike glass shattering rain out in the empty void as the cuts in the dimension finally reached the god-like transformer doing almost as much damage as the other three attacks individually.

"How is it this guy isn't dead?!" Max asked, exasperated as each of their attacks' damage slowly healed. "It's like the motherfucker's immortal!"

"He's an undead extra-planer God," Ayumi commented. "Probably some form of immortal like Majin Buu."

A soft hum sounded as an orb of reddish black power no larger than a golf ball sped at just barely below the speed of sound before hitting the undead Cybertronian low in the belly and expanding to the size of a small moon, eating away at the dense metal like acid. "Let's see how well he heals when there's nothing to heal," Rias commented.

"Boidō Enryūgeki," a whisper came as a dense arrow of silvery black Eclipse Flames formed into plasma surged at Mach 3 speeds towards Unicron. It hit Rias' Power of Destruction Orb and expanded it half again its size violently with arcs of searing Eclipse Flames plasma whirling around it. It was Alexis whom had launched the attack.

"Nice shot, Alexis. Let's see how he likes this." Artemis growled out that last word before he lifted his right hand into the air, palm open and facing up. "Hakai Kienzan!" Artemis screamed, a swirling disc of purple-tinged golden energy forming in his open palm before he threw it towards Unicron's heavily damaged body, the disc of energy having grown in size as it flew towards the Chaosbringer. When it made contact with his midsection, it sliced right through, effectively cutting Unicron in half. "Take that, you oversized pile of scrap metal!"

Alexis' eyes drifted closed for an instant before her demonic aura surged as her hand rose. "Sanzai suru, kemono no hone ! Sentō, kōshō, kōtetsu no sharin. Ugokeba kaze, tomareba sora. Yari utsu neiro ga kyōjō ni michiru! Hadō #63 - Shinkū Raikōhō!" she murmured as she blended Demonic Power into her destructive Hadō spell, turning it from a brilliant golden to a bloody crimson with silvery black edges. When the blast hit Unicron in the face, it detonated in a flare of brilliant light.

Cianán blinked before he shivered. He could feel the Ki energy just waiting to be used. He blinked as he had an idea as he focused his Ki, a slow, nasty smirk crossing his face. The Ki energy gathered into his palms before it formed into a heavy pair of pale bluish lavender Fūma Shuriken. He then shot higher before he flipped twice and hurled them into the smoke engulfing the undead Cybertronian's head. His bellowing roar gave away Cianán's targets: Unicron's Eyes. A slight smirk crossed his face as he suspected the undead Cybertronian would try to pull them out… thereby detonating them.

"Sheesh!" Max said "How is it that we can't end this guy! I keep saying it but something is up you shouldn't be regenerating this fast! Even for a God he shouldn't have a Wolverine like healing Factor without it being explicitly stated in his powerset!"

Cianán's eyes narrowed fractionally before his eyes widened. "Not without a power source to siphon off of… and where we currently are isn't too far from Oa. So it's entirely possible he could be siphoning power from there," he muttered. His Willpower hardened like forged and quenched steel as emerald flames mingled with his aura as he felt the power flowing within him before he felt a different presence in his mind, not those of the Z Fighters, but one he recalled feeling once before: Ion… the Embodiment of Willpower himself.

He didn't notice his clothes change into dense armor that was a deep emerald so dark it was almost black, but the highlights burned with silver and indigo tipped emerald flames.

"Fuck this!" Was felt by everyone as Ayumi rushed forward, her aura completely gone and her body looking like it was riddled with cracks. "I'm done holding my corporeal form! Time for Magic to do as it wills!" The Alicorn now had rainbow light shining through the cracks in her body as she rammed into the dark mechanical god, the impact of the collision finally destroying her physical body revealing her pure energy form underneath which rapidly expanded to match Unicron in size as she drew upon all energy in the universe. "Didn't think I'd have to use my full potential as the conduit of energy to finally put you down but to save time for all of us to confront your master I'll do what I must!"

"And you ain't gonna siphon off Oa's power, you bastard," Cianán growled as the emerald green flames swirled, manifesting into a massive dragon construct, the markings shimmering both a rich sapphire and ivory.

"Back off everyone!" Max shouted "If she's the conduit of energy as she saying she could literally kill you unconsciously by converting all of your matter into energy we need to back off now!"

"He's not pulling on Oa of this universe. In my current form I can see that he's pulling on something from another universe, probably the universe that Darkseid took over to augment his power!" Ayumi said.

Cianán tilted his head before he saw darts tinted a deep reddish purple impact Unicron's hand as it swung around and detonate on impact.

Alexis smirked a bit as she rolled her shoulders, the Devil Arm Lucifer glowing an ominous red on her back. Her scaled skin was a pale cream, though going down her triceps and elbows it was a deep reddish black with curving serrated blades coming from the midpoint of her forearms back to her elbows. Her hips and bust were a deep crimson that faded smoothly into both the pale cream of her abdomen and reddish black running down her outer thighs and over her calves. Her wings appeared to be draconic in nature, but were a deep reddish black that faded to a deep indigo near the bottom. Her fingers and toes were tipped in reddish orange claws. "I'm tempted to let Pandora out to play," she hummed.

"Yikes… considering that Pandora had only six revealed forms in the games, that leaves a lot of nasty surprises," Cianán deadpanned dryly.

"I'm already here." A familiar monotone voice said. "Max let me out to have a little fun."
The demonic Android was back in her weaponized sexbot form. "It seems that Ayumi is more focused on keeping Unicron contained than drawing excess energy from the rest of the universe. We should be safe to finish him off but I cannot think that Darkseid will just wait for us to finish his herald. I can feel him approach."

"Too bad we can't get Unicron to take out Ol' Rockface or vice-versa. Though I'm pretty certain that he ain't gonna be happy with Unicron regardless," Cianán deadpanned dryly.

"Nope! He'll probably punish him with those fancy Omega Beams, though even I can't guess how," a far too familiar voice giggled.

"Pinkie. Looking cute," Cianán quipped teasingly. He saw the demonic mare giggle innocently before all he saw was pink, unaware his head was engulfed in her bountiful bosom.

Ayumi began glowing brighter as she shrank back into her humanoid form. Unicorn suddenly looked drained of color as if he was near death. "I cut off his connection to his universe while also draining most of his energon now we have a chance!" She said once she regained her physical form. "Everyone use your final attacks!"

"I've been waiting to use this one. My Doom Slayer counterpart taught it to me when I was passed out earlier." Artemis said, getting into the Kame Style stance while cupping his hands to his right side. "Primordial Solar Final… Galick… Big Bang… Kaaaaa… Meeeee… Haaaaa… Meeeee…" Artemis then thrust his hands forward as he screamed, "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Ayumi's aura flared up again this time resembling the rainbow light from earlier along with the black fire. The raw power began flowing into both of her gunblades, the rainbow light into one the black fire into the other extending them similar to her black Ragnarok attack before she crossed then in a X-shape the twin energies merging at the contact point in creating an orb which began growing.

"Jackpot!" Both Max and Maudora shouted as they fired off their respective final energy blasts. The impact of each knocked the weakened Unicron to his knees.

Pinkidora giggled as she fired off numerous missiles, each detonating in spheres of dense, burning plasma engulfing Unicron's upper body.

"Akuma Chōshinsei Enryūgeki," Alexis whispered as she fired off a blast of prismatic flames from Aèviternus, the blast causing the burning plasma to get warped into almost a dozen cutting arcs as it was dragged in the backwash.

"White fire and black flame merge into one." Hey Ayumi started as her grimoire appeared "they mix and empower each other," the others could sense and see the positive energies within Ayumi pour into her glowing blade construct and into the growing orb. Light magic, harmonic energy, God of creation ki, conqueror's haki, reishi, and many others. "As they empower each other they also tear each other apart!" The same could be said for all the negative energies pouring into the black blade construct and the orb in the center. Dark magic, discordant power, Hakai Ki, devil power, hell energy and so much more. "Once they reach their peak they burst forth and create…" the orb had grown to the size of a small country before it finally did as Ayumi said and burst forth in a devastating beam of pure power.

"Harmonic Elysium!!!!!!" Ayumi shouted as the beam impacted Unicorn and detonated. At first a supernova could be seen from Earth, the blast almost hitting those assembled to defeat the chaos bringer. But right as the heat was being felt a spot of black could be seen inside the blast and the supernova began to rapidly shrink taking Unicron with it as that spot of black revealed itself to be a proper black hole which then also dissipated leaving only a few floating pieces of Unicron including his head and disembodied hands.

"That should do it." Ayumi said, barely moving as she floated in the void by the moon. "Can someone grab me? I used up most of my energy finishing him off. I'm running on fumes. I don't want to risk hurting anyone by pulling more from the universe."

Cianán tilted his head as his Henshin Stick formed in his grasp. "I'm going to make sure Unicron can't reform using another planet… and there's one way to do it. Saikyō Taiyō Kishi — Henshin," he commented as the sunstone gemstone flared with light and radiance, specifically solar radiance. Unknown to him, not only Celestia, but Amaterasu, Apollo, Helios, Amun Ra, Surya, and Ètaìn all felt it due to the fact they were all solar deities.

As the energy faded, it revealed Cianán clad in an armored form.

He said only four words: "Kaji no Shì: Dosei." Immediately, a scythe that radiated an icy, dark feeling formed in his grasp as a very lethal Scythe materialized — the TrueHarvester.

"Hmm… so he's the one. Terrifying thought, that. To think that as realities fade and are born, each has their own representative of Death… but only two can use that particular Scythe… Death of the Endless… and her Heir," a cold voice spoke in a whisper. The speaker was a deity of the Dead… in fact… the very same one whom had assisted in training one of their missing friends.

"Do not end him, things are going in a certain way and we cannot alter it! If you try Darkseid will be here faster and end us. This was all done to delay him!" Ayumi shouted terrified of the things she saw in the alternate branches of the weave. "Teleport him to true void, a large area far enough away that no gravity besides his own will act on him if you want to keep him from reforming into his planetary form but do not end him!"

Cianán tilted his head. "Though the idea of terminating the threat is tempting, it will draw Ol' Rockface's attention faster. I intended to send him through a Void Gate… to about a dozen light-years shy of the Source Wall, where it'll take him dozens if not hundreds of years to find another planet and the majority of those that far out are husks of worlds, and I'd wager he'd need energy to revive his body… which he most certainly won't find out there," he commented with a slight smirk.

"His soul gives him enough energy he reformed a lifeless asteroid into his first body so it will take him a long time but he can still do it." Max said, "Tony found out most of his history in Marvel thanks to the armor of the celestials and crafted it into a Godkiller suit." This revealed a bit of backstory for the group, everyone learning that Ironman had met the demons of blood.

Cianán's head tilted before he vanished before a broad triangle shaped rift opened before a golden sphere slammed into the blinded head of Unicron, launching him into the rift which sealed behind him. He reappeared, a deep golden neckerchief swaying in the vacuum behind him as he held a scimitar before he dismissed it, the neckerchief dissolving into nothingness. "Pretty certain both Hotaru and Haruka felt as I accessed their Elements. We haven't met Tony or any of his counterparts, but we have spoken to a few in the past," he commented.

"Eh? Wait… you know that Equation?" Rias said abruptly before she shivered. "Yikes… and very few in this dimension have knowledge of the full Equation… though there are some who know it, yet are capable of resisting the urge to use It," Mark spoke through her.

Cianán paused. "You too, eh? Guess I'm lucky Ol' Rockface's lackeys never got me… and they damn well won't get you, either. I know one other whom, for certain, knows the full Equation," he commented.

"I know the other equation," Max and Ayumi said together. "Using that you can nullify the anti-life."

"I can say I've run across both Kalibak and Granny Goodness… the former is an example of ego and brute strength, the latter… well, she's a manipulative bitch," Cianán deadpanned dryly as he shrugged.

"She went the way the animated version did in my world." Max said "That's to say old Rockface killed her upon his return."

"Who exactly are all of you?" a voice commented. A very familiar 'S' sigil rested upon the chest.

"Kal. Kinda surprised it took this long for someone from the Watchtower to come out. Though I'm guessing that Kara and Karen are busy?" Cianán quipped teasingly, knowing it would catch the Kryptonian's attention.

"Do I know you?" Superman deadpanned.

"Considering you and I held Darkseid back from punching Bruce into the next century, I'd think so," Cianán quipped teasingly.

"Hi, my name's Galatea!" A voice said as another person approached. "Kal you don't have to wear a suit at all I'm surprised you're even using the armor they gave you."

Cianán tilted his head. "You're Kara's twin she mentioned, eh? You're just as cute as she is," he commented nonchalantly.

Kal El sighed, though it was rather obvious he was most likely rolling his eyes. "Just because we can survive in vacuum doesn't mean we can do so indefinitely," he deadpanned dryly.

"Damn, you're stiff, aren't you, Kal? When was the last time Lois relieved you?" Cianán said bluntly.

"Actually I'm her younger sister. I may look older than her but that's due to rapid aging tech. I look as old as she would have if she had not gotten stuck in a semi stasis around a yellow star." Galatea clarified "And yes Kal we can live indefinitely in a vacuum as long as we're near a yellow, blue, or white star. Solar radiation literally feeds us and keeps us alive." She turned her head and huffed looking extremely annoyed at having to reveal this to her technically younger cousin. "You can thank Lex Luthor for figuring that out considering my origin and all that. He looked into the full biology of a Kryptonian and figured out exactly how our solar absorption works. I actually have a copy of all of his Kryptonian files in my brain thanks to the whole made to kill Supergirl thing that I let go of. Knowing my biology down to the core was one of the things that gave me an edge on her at first."

"There could be another reason why he's wearing armor Galatea." Max commented remembering something about Earth's sun that had only been recently discovered. "The sun is a white star with a blue tinge. Maybe he's trying to avoid getting overcharged?"

"Oh yeah I had forgotten about that." Galatea commented, realizing that the only reason everyone could hear her was because of that same overcharging effect causing her to temporarily create an atmosphere unconsciously. "Considering you have problems with regulating your absorption levels consciously or unconsciously, the armor makes far more sense now Kal."

"Why do you think I usually did a lot of meditation, Kal? There's a few reasons… nor just the fact that I was learning magic from Zatanna and Rachel… but I realized real fast about what I gained from Kara. Trust me, the first time you put your hand through a four inch steel wall with six inches of concrete behind it, you ain't gonna forget it. Therefore, I had to learn how to control that… and trust me, I can tell the difference between our old home's Sun and this one… a big boost in energy. Pretty sure they noticed too," Cianán quipped, rolling his shoulders before his wings emerged, also clad in golden armor. He didn't realize it made him look like an Angel.

"Though if John knew what I found on Apokalips when we had our little jaunt there… he'd be drooling," he commented nonchalantly. "Though how did it go from Nosgoth to Apokalips, and where is Kain, I wonder?" he mused.

"We need to gather everyone up. This fight has spread us all out. I can tell that one is near the moon currently but that's pretty much it." Galatea said.

Rias tilted her head as she winced as she focused before she employed Shunpō to flicker behind Cianán. "Definitely going to feel that later," she groaned before she blinked, noticing Galatea, but not recognizing her.

"Oh you're a cutie." Galatea said, looking at Rias. "So h-" started before a green fist smashed her in the face.

"Smashers, I've located Max and Rias!" Red lantern Professor Hulk said. "Use your lantern abilities to home in on my location!"

Rias sneered. "If I were you, Banner, I'd be far more concerned if you are going to retain the capability to have children… or walk again. So I very much advise you to consider your next words carefully," she commented. In her hand was an orb of her Power of Destruction no larger than a baseball, though it held the explosive force of a few sticks of dynamite. If she aimed where she was warning, it had the capability to likely consume not just said capability, but almost all of his legs and a good third of his torso.

Alexis whistled. "Damn. Am I the only one aroused right now?" she quipped innocently.

Cianán facepalmed. "Really, 'Lexie? Channeling Akeno, are you? Geez… when we were linked in the past, you weren't such a horny sadist," he sighed.

"Galatea is a wanted criminal. I have good reason to hit her. The database of my ring says that she is to be either avoided or in cases of beings like me attacked on sight to subdue and contain." Hulk said. "Also did you forget about the fact that the Red lantern ring constantly engages my regeneration that or the destruction would only temporarily hinder my body. With the level of rage I am at I'm above the Titan Hulk that Max showed me."

"There's just one tiny problem. This isn't your nor our home dimension, or did you not realize that, big guy?" Rias deadpanned. "Thus, she isn't the same Galatea in your database," she sighed. "And I'm well aware of your regeneration… that doesn't mean it won't hurt like hell and be quite satisfying for me… ah, shit… that's definitely Akeno's influence. Whatever Kisuke did to merge Mark and I but scattered my Peerage must have altered the Evil Pieces just enough that some aspects of our personalities slip through each other…. fuck," she drawled with a grimace.

"Going to feel that one later," Galatea said, rubbing her jaw as it quickly healed from the exposure to the white star nearby. "Actually that is the current database as we've had lanterns from other universes jump into ours so we had an auto update feature added to the green rings and because every other ring is designed exactly like the green ones it was added to any lantern that shows up. I'm technically a fugitive from Oan Justice."

"I got nothing against the Guardians, but from when I've worked with you, you've been as decent as Kara and Karen. If they're going to judge you based on shit they have no experience in, they're just as guilty as the expression 'innocent until PROVEN GUILTY' would fit here. And even if I don't trust them doesn't mean I don't hope for the best," Cianán deadpanned dryly, not noticing the faintly golden red veins in his armor becoming a brilliant sapphire blue. Arcs of pale blue edged, golden cored Speed Force electricity arced over his body as he hovered, ready to act.

"I did nothing wrong consciously to get on their wanted list but I do deserve it." Galatea said looking down with a melancholy expression on her face. "Back when I was defeated after using the Ultimen army I was thrown from the Watchtower at incredibly high speeds while unconscious, charging up the whole time. With nothing to slow me down and being supercharged by the white star I hit a planet, an inhabited planet, and accidentally broke it to pieces wiping out its entire population within a second. That is why they want me, they had no one monitoring my situation, so they can't prove that I didn't do it consciously and they can't disprove it either not without breaking their own rules on memory manipulation and memory reviewing. Otherwise I'd be completely innocent and just the victim of bad circumstances. While I'm technically a fugitive they've given stay on my capture as my cousin and my sisters are taking care of me and since they trust Kal and Kara at the very least, they're basically my wardens, providing that I'm good. Jolly green here didn't realize that because the stay was very recent and hasn't actually been put in the file. It's not his fault nor is it mine but we're both victims of circumstances here."

Cianán's eyes narrowed fractionally, his head tilting before he shot at Galatea before he abruptly Speed Phased through her before he half turned. "What if I told you that plan regarding the Ultimen had been planted in your head? Thus, I would think the one who did so would be responsible for what followed," he commented before he flicked a tiny capsule no larger than a mustard seed with wires no thicker than spider thread trailing from it at Galatea. It had a far too familiar 'L' logo within a pentagon emblazoned on it. "Only reason I picked up that signal was because of the 'Jolly Green Giant' after his punch loosened those wires. It was just slight enough for me to pick up on that signal when I tapped into the Speed Force. But damn… wouldn't surprise me if Lex had a counterpart of a certain shrinking thief or a couple of shrinking physicists in his employ," he deadpanned. "No doubt Ray would be quite annoyed that someone managed to reproduce his tech… considering that white dwarf material is such a bitch to acquire," he sighed.

"You do know Pym particles are easier to make and acquire," Hulk said. "Add on to that that our Ray uses both white star matter and Pym particles to increase efficiency of his shrinking and allowing him to grow to giant size while also keeping the extra reinforcements of his suit including the enhanced strength, flight and all that that it grants on top of the giant size enhancements…"

"Uh, nope. I know of Scott Lang and Hank Pym, but I've never met them face-to-face, unlike you, big guy. I will say that when it comes to the Avengers, my top two were Nat… and you. Besides, the world I ended up on was a cross between DC Universe Online and what I think was the New 52, no Marvel… before Orion's surly ass took me to Equis after a couple of Parademons mistook my legs for corn dogs. I distinctly remember his surly ass grumbling about 'how a mere mortal was able to gain the interest of both my adoptive father and birth father, I'll never know' not that he realizes I heard him grumbling," Cianán commented to Red Lantern Professor Hulk.

"Don't use that title," Hulk said after using the mind reading capabilities of the Ring by accident. "I know what I technically am to outsiders but just call me Hulk or Bruce we're the same person now and I answer to both. No more split personality when it comes to Savage and Bruce we're one in the same, so please don't use that title, Joe and the others are still in here though if you wanted to know."

Cianán's eyebrows rose at that. "Hmm… I imagine most Earths that aren't connected to the Marvel Multiverse or that Marvel-DC merged Multiverse would have the theory that Bruce had multiple personalities due to Joe and you. Though I vaguely remember something about a 'demon Hulk' and something referred to as 'Kluh' which was the equivalent of a 'Savage Hulk' to what was generally known as the 'Savage Hulk'. No idea if you're referring to them or not," he commented. "I'm guessing the events of 'Planet Hulk' and 'World War Hulk' didn't happen here?" he commented thoughtfully.

"Kluh is what happens when my morality is switched and I go Titan Hulk." Hulk said. "He was the first hint that I had an even more powerful version of my Savage form. Planet Hulk and World War Hulk actually did happen otherwise Scar my son wouldn't exist. I was exonerated for what I did during the World War Hulk incident because it was found out by everyone that Meek was the one who set me off. Surprisingly the Justice system in my universe actually runs on sense as it should. Considering I was in a temporary insanity because of my rage going that high I was exonerated and sent to mental counseling with Dr Sampson."

"Huh. Meek… I'm guessing… fucked with your head, eh?" Cianán commented wryly. "I know that feeling… Psimon tried to do the same to me… until he figuratively and literally lost his head. Kinda hit him too hard. That was when Kara's genes really kicked in… suffice to say it really startled not only the Titans, but the 'Hive Four' as well, considering I couldn't have hit someone that hard without several miles to build up a hit at the time," he sighed. "Guessing Jennifer is just as hot as she is intelligent, eh?" he quipped teasingly.

"That's right,'' a woman's voice said from the distance where a gray and red deep red blue and red and bright green and red streak could be seen. "By the way we've been listening in on the entire conversation and know that Galatea isn't to be attacked." Jennifer said, revealing herself and the other streaks of red tinged light to be the other agents of smash, all of them wearing red rings.

"I still can't get over how the red ring enhanced my physical form through my rage. I thought I'd look more like my Savage form, but instead it actually slimmed me down in my arms by layering the extra muscle more densely and instead brought me up five whole cup sizes!"

"Damn, Jen. Pardon the pun, but you're fucking stacked," Cianán commented. His head tilted, admiring her. Pretty sure the only other ones I've seen that stacked are Flutters, Moonbutt, and Sunbutt. Rarity's close, though, he mused.

All that was heard next, since he had been quiet the entire time, was a loud thud as Artemis fell down in a dead faint on his back, having a massive Energon nosebleed.

All he muttered before fainting was, "Huh… wha… homina…" before passing out, a massive tent in his pants as he was very much at attention from all the hot women around him.

Cianán facepalmed before he felt a finger tapping on his shoulder, the slight clunking sound like coins jingling. What he didn't expect, however, were two with ties to the White Fang… enshrouded in pale pink with their clothes a deeper pink… as Star Sapphires.

His eyes widened behind his helmet. What caught his attention, however, was that both were staring at him like predators… and he was their prey.

"Oh Kali!" Max said before returning to human form. "I'm going to have to ask, but Gira?"

Kali shook her head with a slight frown. "Let's just say that Adam has a lot to answer for," she spoke through clenched teeth.

I actually have a couple of options for each of those girls if you want. A voice said in Cianán's head.

Cianán's eyes narrowed fractionally. Who are you? his tone was wary. Only one of the Guardians I've met was Ganthet, he deadpanned dryly.

You already know who I am, chaos incarnate. I'm also Maximum's Father using a bit of reality warping and some Naughty ideas my daughter came up with we figured out how to create figuring enhancing potions that literally work with someone's perfect mental image of beauty and that's only one of the options I have." The voice said.

Being that your voice is different from a certain draconequus, I'm guessing you're the 'bigger' Chaos, aye? As in the Primordial Erebus and Nyx were born from, Cianán's comment was controlled.

Jebediah Batchelder, a human mutate turned draconequus. I'm using a power called The Voice, something that made me human way back when to contact you. As long as you have had some connection to one of my daughters I'm able to use that psychic link to speak with you. The mental voice that sounds like neither man nor woman, adult or child, yet still distinct said I'd rather not actually head out into space currently, I just helped five behemoths track my daughter down to this universe and don't want to screw it up with more chaos just by being there as my presence tends to do.

Trust me… our lives have been chaotic on a level Discord would fucking drool at for years with only intermittent years of 'normalcy' and I use that very loosely, Cianán sighed.

"That's what Sunny said after she stuffed you, didn't she?" Yang cackled before a very audible slap sounded.

See? Yang is about as sane as we run across at times, Cianán sighed, shaking his head.

What I mean is that I am Discord and that just being there causes more chaos. Jeb said. It was something that happened around me even before I gained magical abilities.

Cianán's head tilted fractionally before he shrugged. I'll take your word for it, he sighed as he shrugged.

"So we need to gather everyone up and then head back to Earth. I don't doubt that Unicron is currently trying to build an army for us in response to what we did to his physical form." Max said.

Cianán hummed. "He can go ahead. After all… I have aggression to work out," he commented, unaware his voice shifted to sound identical to a certain Saiyan Prince.

Kal cocked an eyebrow. "Considering the mess of repairs we're having to deal with in the wake of Darkseid's invasion after we ran off Brainiac, I'm pretty sure that keeping that army as far from inhabited locales would be best," he commented.

"Nick contact you yet, Kal?" Cianán commented flippantly before he vanished, a blur of motion the only warning as he shot towards Earth… before a faintly orange glow ignited, trailing downward specifically towards the Sahara Desert, one of the least populated areas on the planet.